Balaenoptera
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| Balaenoptera | |
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| Fin whale | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Mysticeti |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae |
| Subfamily: | Balaenopterinae |
| Genus: | Balaenoptera |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
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Balaenoptera is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the Rorqual whales, and contains eight 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.
[edit] Taxonomy
- Genus Balaenoptera
External Link: Society for Marine Mammalogy List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies [1] Retrieved July 31, 2011.
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