Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828

Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828. Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Mamm. Oiseaux, 1:342. TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck Bay, near Gromitz (see Rudolphi, 1822). DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters. Distributional records sometimes confused with B. edeni. STATUS: CITE...

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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 borealis
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7154864
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7154864
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Summary:Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828. Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Mamm. Oiseaux, 1:342. TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck Bay, near Gromitz (see Rudolphi, 1822). DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters. Distributional records sometimes confused with B. edeni. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered. SYNONYMS: rostrata, schlegellii. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Gambell (1985a). 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 page 350, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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