Balaenoptera physalus

Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75. TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Oceano Europeao", restricted to Norway, near Svalbard, Spitsbergen Sea by Thomas (1911a). DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IU...

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Main Authors: James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7154870
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Summary:Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75. TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Oceano Europeao", restricted to Norway, near Svalbard, Spitsbergen Sea by Thomas (1911a). DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: antiquorum, boops, gibbar, patachonica, velifera. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Gambell (1985b). 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