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Balaenopteridae
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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FAMILY
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Published in
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Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1864 p.203
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
Name
- Synonyms
- Balaena definata (Owen, 1843)
- Balaena emarginata (Owen, 1843)
- Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden, 1880
- Balaenoptera garopii (Van Beneden, 1859)
- Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden, 1880
- Balaenoptera portisii (Sacco, 1890)
- Balaenoptera rostratella (Van Beneden, 1880)
- Balaenoptera sibbaldina (Van Beneden, 1880)
- Megaptera affinis Van Beneden, 1880
- Megaptera hubachi (Dathe, 1983)
- Megapteropsis robusta (Van Beneden, 1872)
- Palaeocetidae
- Physalinidae
- Homonyms
- Balaenopteridae
- Common names
- Finner whales in language.
- finback whales in language.
- rorqual in English
- rorquals in language.
- rorquals in English
- fenvalar in Swedish
- finnhvalfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
- finnkvalfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
- rorquals in English
- vinvissen in Flemish
- ナガスクジラ in Japanese
Bibliographic References
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Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <i>FAO Species identification guide</i>. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.
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van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376