Megaptera

Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mysticeti

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Cetartiodactyla Ordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Subordo: Mysticeti

Familia: Balaenopteridae
Subfamilia: Megapterinae
Genus: Megaptera
Species: Megaptera novaeangliae

Name

Megaptera (Gray, 1846)

References

• Megaptera in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Humpback Whales
Nederlands: Bultrug
日本語: ザトウクジラ属
ไทย: วาฬหลังค่อม

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