Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede 1804

Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804. Hist. Nat. Cetacees, p. 134. TYPE LOCALITY: France, "pris aux environs de la rade de Cherbourg", Mancha. DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I. SYNONYMS: bonaerensis, davidsoni, huttoni, minimus, rostrata....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Arctic
Pacific
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7154862
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7154862
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Summary:Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804. Hist. Nat. Cetacees, p. 134. TYPE LOCALITY: France, "pris aux environs de la rade de Cherbourg", Mancha. DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I. SYNONYMS: bonaerensis, davidsoni, huttoni, minimus, rostrata. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Stewart and Leatherwood (1985). Two forms have been described from SW Pacific waters (Arnold et al., 1987). May represent two or three species (Wada and Numachi, 1991). Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 349-350, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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