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Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
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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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Gemein. Naturgesch. Thier. vol.2 1 p.21
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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Megaptera
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species
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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
Bibliographic References
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(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code
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(2001) database, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
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(2001) website, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program
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(2003) database, http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/centre.htm
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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