Balaenoptera
| Balaenoptera | |
|---|---|
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| Fin whale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Faimily: | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus: | Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1758 |
| Teep species | |
| Balaenoptera gibbar [1] Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
Balaenoptera (From Latin balaena 'whaul' an Aucient Greek πτερά (pterá) 'fin') is a genus o whaul containin eight species.
Species
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Common minke whaul (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Antarctic minke whaul (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
- Blue whaul (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Sei whaul (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Bryde's whaul (Balaenoptera edeni)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. no-break space character in
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