Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mysticeti
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Mysticeti

Familia: Balaenopteridae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Name

Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804

Combinations

Pterobalaena acutorostrata Hassanin et al., 2012 [subsequent combination]

References

Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
Hassanin, A., Delsuc, F., Ropiquet, A., Hammer, C., Vuuren, B.J., Matthee, C., Ruiz-Garcia, M., Gatzeflis, F., Areskoug, V., Nguyen, T.T. & Couloux, A. 2012. Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomes. Comptes Rendus Biologies 335(1): 32–50. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2011.11.002
Takeshi Sasaki, Masato Nikaido, Healy Hamilton, Mutsuo Goto, Hidehiro Kato, Naohisa Kanda, Luis A Pastene, Ying Cao, R Ewan Fordyce, Masami Hasegawa, Norihiro Okada, Mitochondrial Phylogenetics and Evolution of Mysticete Whales, Systematic Biology, Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2005, Pages 77–90, https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150590905939
Gatesy, J., Geisler, J. H., Chang, J., Buell, C., Berta, A., Meredith, R. W., ... & McGowen, M. R. (2013). A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 66(2), 479-506.
Árnason, Ú., Lammers, F., Kumar, V., Nilsson, M. A., & Janke, A. (2018). Whole-genome sequencing of the blue whale and other rorquals finds signatures for introgressive gene flow. Science advances, 4(4), eaap9873. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aap9873

Links

Balaenoptera acutorostrata 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.
Balaenoptera acutorostrata in the World Cetacea Database
Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Vernacular names

čeština: Plejtvák malý
dansk: Vågehval
English: Northern Minke Whale, Common Minke Whale, Lesser rorqual
español: Rorcual aliblanco
suomi: Lahtivalas
français: Petit rorqual
magyar: Csukabálna
íslenska: Hrefna
日本語: ミンククジラ
한국어: 쇠정어리고래
português: Baleia-anã
svenska: Vikval
Türkçe: Bayağı minke balinası
中文: 小须鲸

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