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Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gemein. Naturgesch. Thier. vol.2 1 p.21

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Balaenopteridae
genus
Megaptera
species
Megaptera novaeangliae

Name

Synonyms
Balaena allamack Gray, 1846
Balaena atlanticus Hurdis, 1897
Balaena boops Fabricius, 1780
Balaena gibbosa Gray, 1843
Balaena lalandii Fischer, 1829
Balaena longimana Rudolphi, 1832
Balaena longipinna (Gray, 1846)
Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789
Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
Balaena sulcata antarctica Schlegel, 1841
Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck, 1841
Balaenoptera astrolabae Pucheran, 1853
Balaenoptera astrolabe Pucheran, 1843
Balaenoptera australis Lesson, 1828
Balaenoptera capensis A.Smith, 1834
Balaenoptera gibbosa (Owen, 1843)
Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson, 1842
Balaenoptera syncondylus A.Mueller, 1863
Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden, 1868
Megaptera americana Gray, 1846
Homonyms
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Megaptera novaeangliae (Brisson, 1762)
Common names
Ballena jorobada in Spanish
Ballena jorobada in Spanish
Buckelwal in German
Buckelwal in German
Humpback Whale in English
Humpback Whale in English
Humpback Whale in English
Humpback whale in language.
Iubart in Catalan–Valencian
Knølhval in Norwegian
Pukkelhval in Danish
Rorcual xibarte in Galician
Xibarta balea in Basque
Yubarta in Spanish
baleine à bosse in French
bultrug in Dutch
humpback whale in English
humpback whale in English
rorqual à bosse in French
rorqual à bosse in French
大翅鯨 in Chinese
大翅鯨 in language.
Bultrug in Dutch
bultrug in Dutch
knölval in Swedish
Buckelwal in German
Knurrwal in German
Pflockfisch in German
abra in language.
aghvesiiq in language.
aliamak in language.
alkhiamak in language.
ambaqui in Spanish
baleia jubarte in Portuguese
baleia-corcunda in Portuguese
baleine tampon in French
baleine à bosse in French
baleine à taquet in French
balena geperuda in Catalan–Valencian
balena gobba in Italian
ballena cantora in Spanish
ballena de aletas grandes in Spanish
ballena jorobada in Spanish
boggelwalvis in Afrikaans
buckelhval in Danish
bunch whale in English
chongoe in language.
dlinnorukyi polosatik in Russian
długopłetwiec in Polish
gorbach in Russian

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