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Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Cetartiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Balaenopteridae - finner whales »  genus Balaenoptera

Scientific synonyms

Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758 o
Sibbaldius musculus
Sibbaldius sulfureus Cope, 1869
Balaenoptera sulfureus (Cope, 1869)

Images

Balaenoptera musculus - Blue Whale

Author: Fred Benko

Balaenoptera musculus - Blue Whale

Author: Jan Richtr

Balaenoptera musculus - Blue Whale

Author: Hana Motyčková

Balaenoptera musculus - Blue Whale

Author: Roman Hynek

Balaenoptera musculus - Blue Whale

Author: Roman Hynek

Balaenoptera musculus - Blue Whale

Author: Roman Hynek

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Killer Whale

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

subspecies Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Ichihara, 1966 - Pygmy Blue Whale
subspecies Balaenoptera musculus indica Blyth, 1859 - Northern Indian Ocean Blue Whale
subspecies Balaenoptera musculus intermedia Burmeister, 1871 - Antarctic Blue Whale
subspecies Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Blue Whale

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [2477]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Australian Faunal Directory [04788e73-25e2-472f-ad5e-65d7d93231dc]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 1.13 [1006401]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 8 November 2024
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)]

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