Balaenopteridae

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Balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whales

family Balaenopteridae

mammal family - a family of mammals

Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti - baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks

rorqual, razorback - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin

Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera - type genus of the Balaenopteridae

genus Megaptera, Megaptera - humpback whales

References in periodicals archive ?

Diversidad y distribucion de los cetaceos de Costa Rica (Cetacea:Delphinidae, Physeteridae, Ziphiidae y Balaenopteridae).

Avistamientos y detecciones acusticas de cetaceos durante un sondeo sismico en aguas fuera de las costas de Nicaragua y Costa Rica, en Noviembre y Diciembre 2004

(1999): Primeros dates sobre misticetos (Mammalia, Cetacea, Balaenopteridae) en el Plioceno Inferior de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir (Lepe, Huelva).

Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of a sand-dominated coastal system of the Upper Miocene of eastern Guadalquivir Basin (south Spain): fossil assemblages, ichnology and taphonomy

(2014) reviewed the results of these expeditions as well as other sources of information and confirmed the presence of 12 species belonging to five marine mammal families (Balaenopteridae, Physeteridae, Ziphiidae, Delphinidae and Phocidae) within the area of Easter and Salas y Gomez islands.

Overview of recent advances in oceanographic, ecological and fisheries research on oceanic islands in the southeastern Pacific Ocean

Of the 30 species, 29 belong to the Order Cetartiodactyla, are placed within the two Suborders Mysticeti and Odontoceti, and come under the six Families of Balaenopteridae, Physeteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Delphinidae, and Phocoenidae [1].

Cetacean presence in the Trincomalee Bay and adjacent waters, Sri Lanka

Belonging to the family Balaenopteridae together with Humpback whale and Blue whale, the species, which is also commonly known as Tropical whale reflecting its preference for tropical waters and warm temperate waters was given its common name, Bryde's whale, in honor of Norwegian consul Johan Bryde, who built the first whaling factory in Durban, South Africa.