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Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépéde, 1804

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Cetacea - cetaceans »  family Balaenopteridae - finner whales

Scientific synonyms

Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780
Balaenoptera acuto-rostrata
Balaenoptera eschrichtii
Balaenoptera microcephala
Balaenoptera minor

Other names

= Dwarf Minke Whale
= Piked Whale

IUCN category:Least Concern
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Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépéde, 1804]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [2474] [as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacép?de, 1804]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepéde, 1804]

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