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Extinct genus of early cetacean
Perucetus is an extinct genus of an early whale from Peru that lived during the Bartonian age of the middle Eocene. Perucetus is the largest Eocene whale
Perucetus
Family of mammals
long, reaching approximately 18 meters. The largest known basilosaurid, Perucetus colossus, is believed to be even bigger, with a length of about 17–20
Basilosauridae
List of largest organisms on Earth
is based on described dimensions in 1987. Similarly, the extinct whale Perucetus was initially estimated in 2023 to have a mass of 85 to 340 t (94–375
Largest_organisms
Species of whale; largest animal known
shastasaurid ichthyosaurs and the ancient whale Perucetus could have rivalled the blue whale in size, with Perucetus actually being heavier with a mean weight
Blue_whale
Clade of reptiles
estimates are true, Bruhathkayosaurus would have rivaled the blue whale and Perucetus colossus as one of the largest animals to have ever existed. The largest
Dinosaur
is based on described dimensions in 1987. Similarly, the extinct whale Perucetus was initially estimated in 2023 to have a mass of 85 to 340 t (94–375
Largest_and_heaviest_animals
Genus of ancient whales
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Pakicetus
Pliocene epoch suggest they rivaled the size of the largest whales today. Perucetus, the largest Archaeoceti, has an estimated length exceeding 17.0–20.1
List_of_largest_mammals
Prehistoric cetacean genus from the Late Eocene epoch
Larramendi, A. (2025). "Further trimming down the marine heavyweights: Perucetus colossus did not come close to, much less exceed, the tonnage of blue
Basilosaurus
Family of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Protocetidae
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Rodhocetus
Family of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Ambulocetidae
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Remingtonocetus
Obsolete and paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans
et al. 2023) Zygorhiza (True 1908) Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Kekenodontidae Kekenodon (Hector 1881) Cetaceans portal Paleontology portal
Archaeoceti
Peruvian sedimentary basin
Basilosauridae indet., Mystacodon selenensis, Peregocetus pacificus, Perucetus colossus Birds Perudyptes devriesi Fish Pristis sp., Myliobatis sp., Clupeiformes
Pisco_Basin
Genus of ancient whales
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Dorudon
Subfamily of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Basilosaurinae
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Maiacetus
lizard'); Ambulocetus ('walking whale'); Pakicetus ('whale from Pakistan'), Perucetus ('whale from Peru'); Pachycetus ('thick whale'); Eocetus ('dawn whale');
List of commonly used taxonomic affixes
List_of_commonly_used_taxonomic_affixes
Family of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Pakicetidae
Species of mammal (fossil)
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Dalanistes
it is extremely difficult for Perucetus to rival or exceed the blue whale in weight. They discussed that since Perucetus is much shorter than the blue
Largest_prehistoric_animals
Genus of mammals (fossil)
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Kutchicetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Zygorhiza
Genus of ancient whales
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Ichthyolestes
Extinct genus of whales
Larramendi, A. (2025). "Further trimming down the marine heavyweights: Perucetus colossus did not come close to, much less exceed, the tonnage of blue
Cynthiacetus
Extinct protocetid early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Eocetus
Family of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Remingtonocetidae
Largest known fish species
Largest animals Largest prehistoric animals The extinct whale species Perucetus colossus (described in 2023) has been suggested as similar to the blue
List_of_largest_fish
Large baleen whale species
Larramendi, A. (2025). "Further trimming down the marine heavyweights: Perucetus colossus did not come close to, much less exceed, the tonnage of blue
Fin_whale
Extinct genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Georgiacetus
Genus of extinct mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Ambulocetus
Extinct genus of whales
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Peregocetus
Extinct genus of whales
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Aegicetus
Extinct protocetid early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Babiacetus
Subfamily of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Dorudontinae
Extinct genus of ambulocetid from Pakistan
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Gandakasia
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Phiomicetus
Extinct aquatic mammal
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Himalayacetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Pappocetus
Species of whale found in the North Atlantic Ocean
Larramendi, A. (2025). "Further trimming down the marine heavyweights: Perucetus colossus did not come close to, much less exceed, the tonnage of blue
North_Atlantic_right_whale
Extinct remingtonocetid early whale known from the Eocene
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Andrewsiphius
Extinct genus of basilosaurid whales
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Tutcetus
Extinct genus of whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Rayanistes
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Nalacetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Saghacetus
Extinct genus of whales
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Pachycetus
Species of mammal (fossil)
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Protocetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Togocetus
Species of mammal (fossil)
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Ocucajea
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Kekenodon
Species of mammal
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Aegyptocetus
Extinct genus of early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Attockicetus
Species of mammal
Larramendi, A. (2025). "Further trimming down the marine heavyweights: Perucetus colossus did not come close to, much less exceed, the tonnage of blue
North_Pacific_right_whale
(Eocene) Ambulocetus Himalayacetus Gandakasia (Late Eocene) Tutcetus Perucetus Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus
List_of_extinct_cetaceans
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Kharodacetus
Extinct protocetid early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Ancalecetus
Extinct protocetid early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Basiloterus
Desert in Peru
2023, 55 new prehistoric marine species have been discovered including Perucetus colossus, a manatee-like whale now considered the heaviest animal known
Ocucaje_desert
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Pontogeneus
Extinct basilosaurid early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Chrysocetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Pontobasileus
Extinct genus of pachycetine basilosaurid
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Antaecetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Artiocetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Stromerius
Extinct genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Aglaocetus
wanklyni). Paul & Larramendi (2025) provide new estimates of body size of Perucetus colossus, interpreted as most likely to have body length of 15 to 16 m
2025_in_paleomammalogy
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Masracetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Indocetus
Subfamily of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Pachycetinae
ancient human hominin that may have lived 300,000 years ago in China. Whale Perucetus colossus of the Eocene is shown to potentially be Earth's heaviest-ever
2023_in_science
Species of mammal (fossil)
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Supayacetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Dhedacetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Gaviacetus
Extinct protocetid early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Natchitochia
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Takracetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Crenatocetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Qaisracetus
Genus of mammals
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Carolinacetus
Extinct protocetid early whale
Saghacetus Stromerius Supayacetus Zygorhiza Basilosaurinae Basilosaurus Basiloterus Eocetus Pachycetinae Antaecetus Pachycetus Perucetus Platyosphys Category
Makaracetus
Motani & Pyenson (2024) reevaluate the published body mass estimates of Perucetus colossus, and consider the likeliest body mass of the studied cetacean
2024_in_paleomammalogy
Formation United States ( Washington) A member of the family Simocetidae. Perucetus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Bianucci et al. Eocene (Bartonian) Paracas Formation
2023_in_paleomammalogy
PERUCETUS
PERUCETUS
PERUCETUS
PERUCETUS
Boy/Male
Latin
Name of a Greek philosopher.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Lakshmi
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English
From the Pepper Plant; Hot Spice
Girl/Female
Tamil
Aashiyana | ஆஷியாநா
Beautiful home
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Rule of the People
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sun, Moon
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Valentinus, VALENTINO means "healthy, strong."
Girl/Female
Biblical
That makes to rot, that seeks those who despise me.
Girl/Female
Norse
Half protected.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Beauty
PERUCETUS
PERUCETUS
PERUCETUS
PERUCETUS
PERUCETUS