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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
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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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de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317.
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 acutorostrata
Name
- Synonyms
- Balaena gibbosa Cope, 1868
- Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957
- Balaena minima Rapp, 1837
- Balaena minima borealis Knox, 1838
- Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata thalmaha Deraniyagala, 1963
- Balaenoptera acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804
- Balaenoptera eschrichtius Rasch, 1845
- Balaenoptera microcephala Gray, 1850
- Balaenoptera rostrata (Fabricius, 1780)
- Balaenoptera thalmaha
- Balaenoptera thalmaha thalmaha
- Pterobalaena acutorostrata (Lacépède, 1804)
- Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849
- Pterobalaena minor bergensis Eschricht, 1849
- Pterobalaena minor groenlandica Eschricht, 1849
- Pterobalaena nana Barkow, 1862
- Pterobalaena nana pentadactyla Barkow, 1862
- Pterobalaena nana tetradactyla Barkow, 1862
- Pterobalaena pentadactyla Flower, 1865
- Homonyms
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
- Common names
- Ballena Minke común in Spanish
- Ballena menor in Spanish
- Ballena menor in Spanish
- Common Minke Whale in English
- Common Minke Whale in English
- Common Minke Whale in English
- Common Minke Whale in English
- Common Minke Whale in English
- Lesser Rorqual in English
- Lesser Rorqual in English
- Little Piked Whale in English
- Little Piked Whale in English
- Minke Whale in English
- Minke Whale in English
- Minke Whale in English
- Minke whale in language.
- Nordlicher Zwergwal in German
- Nordlicher Zwergwal in English
- North Atlantic Minke Whale in English
- North Pacific Minke Whale in English
- Northern Minke Whale in English
- Petit Rorqual in English
- Petit Rorqual in French
- Rorcual Aliblanco in English
- Rorcual aliblanco in language.
- Sharp-Headed Finner Whale: North Atlantic Minke Whale (Acutorostrata); North Pacific Minke Whale (Scammoni) in English
- Sharp-headed Finner Whale in English
- Sharp-headed Finner Whale: North Atlantic Minke Whale (acutorostrata); North Pacific Minke Whale (scammoni) in English
- Vågehval in Danish
- Zwergwal in German
- Zwergwal in German
- acutorostrata in English
- dwergvinvis in Dutch
- lesser rorqual in language.
- minke whale in English
- minke whale in language.
- northern minke whale in English
- northern minke whale in English
- northern minke whale in English
- petit rorqual in French
- petit rorqual in French
- petit rorqual in French
- scammoni in English
- 小鬚鯨 in Chinese
- Common Minke Whale in English
- Dwergvinvis in Dutch
- Minke Whale in English
- Minke Whale in English
- dwergvinvis in Dutch
- vikval in Swedish
Bibliographic References
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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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Maio, N., Giovannotti, M., Caputo Barucchi, V. et. al. (2016). Haplotype characterization of a young stranded Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804): is the Mediterranean Sea a potential calving or nursery ground for the species?. <em>Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy.</em> 27(2).
10.4404/hystrix-27.2-11661
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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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Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306.
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VIDAL O. 1990. Lista de los mamíferos acuáticos de Colombia. Informes del Museo del Mar (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá D.C., Colombia) 37:1-18.
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