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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Balaenopteridae
genus
Balaenoptera
species
Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Name

Synonyms
Balaena gibbosa Cope, 1868
Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957
Balaena minima Rapp, 1837
Balaena minima borealis Knox, 1838
Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780
Balaenoptera acutorostrata thalmaha Deraniyagala, 1963
Balaenoptera acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804
Balaenoptera eschrichtius Rasch, 1845
Balaenoptera microcephala Gray, 1850
Balaenoptera rostrata (Fabricius, 1780)
Balaenoptera thalmaha
Balaenoptera thalmaha thalmaha
Pterobalaena acutorostrata (Lacépède, 1804)
Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849
Pterobalaena minor bergensis Eschricht, 1849
Pterobalaena minor groenlandica Eschricht, 1849
Pterobalaena nana Barkow, 1862
Pterobalaena nana pentadactyla Barkow, 1862
Pterobalaena nana tetradactyla Barkow, 1862
Pterobalaena pentadactyla Flower, 1865
Homonyms
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Common names
(nördlicher) Zwergwal in German
Acutorostrata in English
Baleia-anã in Portuguese
Baleia-minke-anã in Portuguese
Baleine de Minke, Rorqual à museau pointu, Petit rorqual in French
Baleinoptère à museau pointu in French
Balenottera minore settentrionale in Italian
Balhenatu in language.
Ballena Minke común in Spanish
Ballena de Minke Común in Spanish
Ballena menor in Spanish
Ballena menor in Spanish
Ballena menor in Spanish
Ballena minke enana in Spanish
Common Minke Whale in English
Common Minke Whale in English
Common Minke Whale in English
Common Minke Whale in English
Common Minke Whale in English
Common Minke Whale in English
Common Minke Whale in English
Davidson's whale in English
Gewone Dwergvinvis in Dutch
Hrafnhvalur in Icelandic
Hrafnreyður in Icelandic
Lahtivalas in Finnish
Lesser Rorqual in English
Lesser Rorqual in English
Lesser Rorqual in English
Little Piked Whale in English
Little Piked Whale in English
Léttir in Icelandic
Minke Whale in English
Minke Whale in English
Minke Whale in English
Minke Whale in English
Minke Whale in English
Minke balinası in Turkish
Minke whale in language.
Minkewal in German
Minkewalvis in Afrikaans
Minkie's whale in English
Minkwal in German
Morfilod Pigfain in Welsh
Nordlicher Zwergwal in German
Nordlicher Zwergwal in English
Nordlicher Zwergwal in German
North Atlantic Minke Whale in English
North Atlantic Minke Whale in English
North Atlantic Minke Whale in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Bjärvall & Ullström (2005) Däggdjur. Alla europas arter i text och bild.
  3. Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.
  4. Chans JJ, Garrido S, Calderón J (2006) Informe sobre la biodiversidad de Doñana. Listado de Organismos. En: Máñez M. (IP) Diseño y puesta a punto del programa de seguimiento de procesos y recursos naturales en el Parque Nacional de Doñana. Memoria final. Estación Biológica de Doñana-Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales.
  5. Gutiérrez-Expósito C, Rivilla JC, Alís S, Máñez M, Garrido H, Jiménez FJ, Cobo MD (2012) Veinticinco años (1986-2011) de monitorización de varamientos de mamíferos marinos en el litoral de Doñana (Huelva, SO España). Galemys, 24: 86-90. DOI: 10.7325/Galemys.2012.N09
  6. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  7. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  8. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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  11. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
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  14. Maio, N., Giovannotti, M., Caputo Barucchi, V. et. al. (2016). Haplotype characterization of a young stranded Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804): is the Mediterranean Sea a potential calving or nursery ground for the species?. <em>Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy.</em> 27(2). 10.4404/hystrix-27.2-11661
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