Balaenopteridae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1864 p.203

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Cetacea

family

Balaenopteridae

Name

Synonyms

Agaphelidae

Balaena affinis Owen, 1843

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 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)

Delphinus brachyspondylus (Brandt, 1873)

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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