Template:Balaenopteridae taxonomy

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• Family Balaenopteridae: Rorquals

• Cetotheriophanes capellinii (extinct)
• Diunatans luctoretemergo (extinct)
• Parabalaenoptera baulinensis (extinct)
• Plesiobalaenoptera quarantellii (extinct)
• Plesiocetus garopii (extinct)

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• Subfamily Balaenopterinae

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• Genus Balaenoptera
  • Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
  • Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
  • Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera brydei
  • Eden's whale, Balaenoptera edeni
  • Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
  • Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
  • Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai, discovery announced November 2003. No common name yet in usage

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• Subfamily Megapterinae

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• Genus Megaptera
  • Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae