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Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Lesson, R. P. (1828). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours. 442pp.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Cetacea
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family
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Balaenopteridae
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genus
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Balaenoptera
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species
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Balaenoptera borealis
Name
- Synonyms
- Balaena sulcata arctica (Schlegel, 1841)
- Balaenoptera alba Giglioli, 1870
- Balaenoptera arctica Temminck, 1841
- Balaenoptera iwasi Gray, 1846
- Balaenoptera laticeps Gray, 1846
- Balaenoptera schlegelii Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880
- Balaenoptera schlegellii Dabbene, 1902
- Balaenoptera swinhoei alba (Giglioli, 1870)
- Balena rostrata Rudolphi, 1822
- Belaenoptera schlegeli Lahille, 1899
- Physalus iwasi (Gray, 1846)
- Pterobalaena alba Giglioli, 1874
- Pterobalaena schlegeli Tomilin, 1957
- Pterobalaena schlegeli alba Tomilin, 1957
- Rorqualus borealis Hamilton, 1837
- Rudolphius laticeps (Gray, 1864)
- Sibbaldius laticeps (Gray, 1864)
- Sibbaldius schlegelii Gray, 1864
- Sibbaldus laticeps (Gray, 1864)
- Homonyms
- Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
- Common names
- Ballena de Sei in Spanish
- Ballena de Sei in Spanish
- Coalfish Whale in English
- Northern Rorqual in English
- Northern Sei Whale in English
- Pollack Whale in English
- Rorcual boreal in language.
- Rorqual boréal in French
- Rudophi’s Rorqual in English
- Rudophi’s Rorqual; Northern Sei Whale (borealis); Southern Sei Whale (schlegelii) in English
- Sei Whale in English
- Sei Whale in English
- Sei Whale in English
- Sei Whale in English
- Sei whale in language.
- Seihval in Norwegian
- Seiwal in German
- Seiwal in German
- Seiwal in German
- Sejhval in Danish
- Southern Sei Whale in English
- borealis in English
- noordse vinvis in Dutch
- rorqual boréal in French
- rorqual boréal in French
- rorqual boréal in French
- schlegelii in English
- sei whale in English
- sei whale in language.
- sei whale in English
- 鰮鯨 in Chinese
- Noordse vinvis in Dutch
- Noordse vinvis in Dutch
- Sei Whale in English
- Sei Whale in English
- Sei Whale in English
- noordse vinvis in Dutch
- sejval in Swedish
- Baleia Sei in Portuguese
- Ballena Sei in Spanish
- Coalfish whale in English
- Morfil Asgellog Sei in Welsh
- Morfilod Asgellog Sei in Welsh
- Rorcual Boreal in Spanish
- Rorcual Norteño in Spanish
- Rorqual Boréal in French
- Rorqual Sei in French
- Rudolph's Rorqual in English
- Rudolph's rorqual in English
- Seiwal in German
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.
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FLÓREZ-GONZÁLEZ L y J CAPELLA-ALZUETA. 1995. Mamíferos Acuáticos de Colombia. Una revisión y nuevas observaciones sobre su presencia, estado del conocimiento y conservación. Informe del Museo del Mar, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, 39:1-29.
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Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259.
10.5479/si.03629236.246
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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Lesson, R. P. (1828). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours. 442pp.
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Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
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Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
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Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
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Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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