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Balaenoptera
Lacépède, 1804
- rorquals
(mammal)
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Balaenopteridae (Family) - rorquals
..†Archaebalaenoptera (Genus)
..†Diunatans (Genus)
..†Eobalaenoptera (Genus)
..Megaptera (Genus) - humpback whale
..†Notiocetus (Genus)
..†Parabalaenoptera (Genus)
..†Plesiobalaenoptera (Genus)
..†Protororqualus (Genus)
..Balaenoptera (Genus) - rorquals
....Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Species) - minke whale
....Balaenoptera borealis (Species) - Sei whale
....Balaenoptera edeni (Species) - Bryde's whale
....Balaenoptera musculus (Species) - blue whale
....Balaenoptera physalus (Species) - fin whale
....†Balaenoptera ryani (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacépède, 1804:114.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Balaenopterinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1864
Type, by synonymy
:
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Benedenia
(Genus)
Schneider, 1875
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Cuvierius
(Genus)
Gray, 1866
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Mysticetus
(Genus)
Wagler, 1830
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physalis
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physalus
(Genus)
Lacepède, 1804
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Pterobalaena
(Genus)
Eschricht, 1849
Ref:
PBDB
: 23 Sep 2014.
Synonymous name
:
Rorqualus
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1836[1835]
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Rudolphius
(Genus)
Gray, 1866
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Sibbaldia
(Genus)
Storer, 1943, orth. inval.
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 801.
Synonymous name
:
Sibbaldus
(Genus)
Gray, 1864
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 122.
Synonymous name
:
Stenobalaena
(Genus)
Gray, 1874
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Swinhoia
(Genus)
Gray, 1866
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
vinvissen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
rorquals
:
minke, Bryde's, sei, fin, and blue whales
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