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Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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GENUS
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Published in
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de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317.
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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Balaenoptera
Name
- Synonyms
- Agaphelus Cope, 1868
- Balaenoptera fasciata Gray, 1846
- Balaenoptera ryani Hanna & McLellan, 1924
- Balaenopteris Tomilin, 1957
- Balaenopterus Brookes, 1828
- Balenoptera Duméril, 1806
- Balenopterus Cuvier, 1829
- Baloenoptera Cadenat, 1957
- Baloenoptera Lesson, 1827
- Belaenoptera Lahille, 1899
- Benedenia Gray, 1864
- Boops Gray, 1821
- Catoptera Rafinesque, 1815
- Cetoptera Rafinesque, 1815
- Cuvierius Gray, 1866
- Cuvierus Gray, 1866
- Dactylaena Gray, 1874
- Dubertus Tomilin, 1957
- Eubalaenoptera Aclogue, 1900
- Fabricia Gray, 1866
- Homonyms
- Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804
- Balaenoptera Bertae N.
- Common names
- Baleen Whales in English
- Finback Whales in English
- Rorqual in English
- Rorquals in English
- baleen whales in English
- baleen whales in English
- finback whales in English
- finback whales in English
- rorqual in English
- rorquals in English
- rorquals in English
- baleen whales in English
- finback whales in English
Bibliographic References
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Aphia 2006
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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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Bjärvall & Ullström (2005-02-01 23:00:00) Däggdjur. Alla europas arter i text och bild.
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H. N. Cétac., xxxvi.
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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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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Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
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Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
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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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SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
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Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560.
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Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
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Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
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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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WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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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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de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317.