Balaenopteridae Gray 1864

Family BALAENOPTERIDAE (RORQUALS) • Extremely large baleen whales with streamlined bodies, longitudinally furrowed undersides, small dorsal fin, four-digit slender pectoral flippers, and broad propulsive caudal flukes; filterfeeding specialists. • 750-3200 cm. • Cosmopolitan, inhabiting all the worl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Lynx Edicions 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Balaenopteridae
baleen whales
Lynx
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598657
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Summary:Family BALAENOPTERIDAE (RORQUALS) • Extremely large baleen whales with streamlined bodies, longitudinally furrowed undersides, small dorsal fin, four-digit slender pectoral flippers, and broad propulsive caudal flukes; filterfeeding specialists. • 750-3200 cm. • Cosmopolitan, inhabiting all the world's oceans. • (Coastal to pelagic waters from surface to depths greater than 300 m. • 2 genera, 8 species, 13 taxa. • 3 species. Endangered; none Extinct. since. 1600 Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Balaenopteridae, pp. 242-299 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 242, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6596011

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