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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