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The LanguaL 2017™ Thesaurus  -  Systematic Display

 Updated 2018-06-12

 

FTCB4571
Descriptor    MINKE WHALE
Synonym(s)balaenoptera spp.; baleen whale; finback whale; rorquals 
Scope note 
Taxon Info 
Scientific family    Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864  [ITIS TSN 180522] 
Scientific genus    Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804  [ITIS TSN 180524] 
Description 
Balaenoptera, from the Latin balaena (whale) and pteron (fin), is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the rorquals, and contains eight extant species. The species Balaenoptera omurai was published in 2003. Balaenoptera is the most diverse genus of its family, the only other member being the Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae.
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