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Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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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Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.76
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 musculus
Name
- Synonyms
- Balaena borealis Fischer, 1829
- Balaena maximus
- Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758
- Balaenoptera brevicauda Ichihara, 1966
- Balaenoptera carolinae Malm, 1866
- Balaenoptera gigas Reinhardt, 1857
- Balaenoptera indica Blyth, 1859
- Balaenoptera jubartes Lacépède, 1804
- Balaenoptera miramaris Lahille, 1898
- Balaenoptera sulfurea Cope, 1869
- Cuvierius latirostris (Flower, 1864)
- Physalus boops (Cuvier, 1836)
- Physalus indicus (Blyth, 1842)
- Physalus latirostris Flower, 1865
- Pterobalaena gigas Reinhardt, 1857
- Pterobalaena grypus Munter, 1877
- Rorqualus boops F.Cuvier, 1836
- Rorqualus musculus F.Cuvier, 1836
- Sibbaldius antarcticus Burmeister, 1866
- Sibbaldius borealis Gray, 1864
- Homonyms
- Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Ballena azul in Spanish
- Ballena azul in Spanish
- Blauwal in English
- Blauwal in German
- Blauwal in German
- Blue Rorqual in English
- Blue Whale in English
- Blue Whale in English
- Blue Whale in English
- Blue Whale in English
- Blue whale in language.
- Blue whale in language.
- Blue whale in English
- Blåhval in Danish
- Blåhval in Norwegian
- Pygmy Blue Whale (brevicauda); Antarctic Blue Whale in English
- Rorcual azul in English
- Rorqual bleu in English
- Sibbald’s Rorqual in English
- Southern Blue Whale (intermedia); Northern Indian Ocean Blue Whale (Northern Indian Ocean population) in English
- Sulphurbottom Whale; Northern Blue Whale (musculus) in English
- baleine bleue in French
- baleine bleue in French
- blauwe vinvis in Dutch
- blue whale in English
- blue whale in English
- rorqual bleu in French
- rorqual bleu in French
- 藍鯨 in Chinese
- Blauwe vinvis in Dutch
- Blauwe vinvis in Dutch
- Blue Whale in English
- Blue Whale in English
- Blue whale in English
- alitbossu in Northern Sami
- blauwe vinvis in Dutch
- blåval in Swedish
- Baleine bleue in French
- Ballena Azul in Spanish
- Blauwal in German
- Blauwal in German
- Blauwal in German
- Morfil Asgellog Glas in Welsh
- Morfilod Asgellog Glas in Welsh
- Ostende whale in English
- Riesenwal in German
- Riesenwal in German
- Schanelwal in German
- Schanelwal in German
- Schwefelbauchwal in German
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