Balaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Wada, Shiro, Masayuki Oishi, and Tadusa K. Yamada. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature, Vol. 426, No. 6964.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Cetacea

family

Balaenopteridae

genus

Balaenoptera

species

Balaenoptera omurai

Name

Synonyms

Rorqualus omurai (Wada, 2003)

Homonyms

Balaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003

Common names

Omura's Whale in English

Omura's Whale in English

Omura's baleen whale in language.

Omura's whale, Dwarf fin whale in English

Omura-Wal in German

Omura’s Whale in English

Pygmy Bryde's Whale in English

Rorcual de Omura in language.

Rorqual d'Omura in French

Rorqual d’Omura in French

Omura’s Whale in English

Bryde's whale in English

Bryde's-like whale in English

Omura's whale in English

pygmy Bryde's whale in English

ツノシマクジラ in Japanese

角島 鯨 (Tsunoshima kijura) in Japanese

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