Perucetus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From English Peru (“the country this animal was discovered in”) + Latin cetus (“whale”) === Proper noun === †Perucetus m A taxonomic genus within the family †Basiliosauridae – with a single accepted species †Perucetus colossus, a giant extinct whale that lived during the Bartonian age of the middle Eocene, having incredibly thick and dense bones. === References === Perucetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Perucetus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Perucetus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons