Balaenopteridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
FAMILY: Published in
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Cetacea: family
Balaenopteridae

Name

Synonyms: Agaphelidae; Balaena definata (Owen, 1843); Balaena emarginata (Owen, 1843); Balaenodon emarginatus (Owen, 1843); Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden, 1880; Balaenoptera cortesii portisii (Sacco, 1890); Balaenoptera definata (Owen, 1843); Balaenoptera definata sibbaldina (Van Beneden, 1880); Balaenoptera definita (Owen, 1843); Balaenoptera emarginata (Owen, 1843); Balaenoptera emarginata rostratella (Van Beneden, 1880); Balaenoptera garopii (Van Beneden, 1859); Balaenoptera goropi (Van Beneden, 1859); Balaenoptera hubachi (Dathe, 1983); Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden, 1880; Balaenoptera portisii (Sacco, 1890); Balaenoptera rostratella (Van Beneden, 1880); Balaenoptera sibbaldina (Van Beneden, 1880); Hadrosaurus tripos (Cope, 1869); Megaptera affinis Van Beneden, 1880
Homonyms: Balaenopteridae
Common names: Finhvaler in Danish; Finner whales in language.; rorqual in English; rorquals in English; rorquals in English; fenvalar in Swedish; fenvalar in Swedish; finnhvalfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål; finnkvalfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian; rorquals in English; vinvissen in Dutch; ナガスクジラ科 in Japanese

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