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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
- Agaphelidae
- Balaena affinis Owen, 1843
- Balaena definata (Owen, 1843)
- Balaena emarginata (Owen, 1843)
- Balaena gibbosa (Owen, 1843)
- Balaenodon emarginatus (Owen, 1843)
- Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden, 1880
- Balaenoptera cortesi portisi (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 gibbosa (Owen, 1843)
- Balaenoptera goropi (Van Beneden, 1859)
- Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden, 1880
- Balaenoptera portisii (Sacco, 1890)
- Balaenoptera rostratella (Van Beneden, 1880)
- Balaenoptera sibbaldina (Van Beneden, 1880)
- Homonyms
- Balaenopteridae
- Common names
- Finhvaler in Danish
- Finner whales in language.
- RORQUALS in English
- Rorqual in English
- Rorquals in English
- finback whales in language.
- rorqual in English
- rorquals in English
- rorquals in language.
- 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
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
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Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
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Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
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Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.
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Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
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Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
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Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
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Wilson & Reeder (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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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