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Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Antarctic minke whale(+4)·Burmeister, 1867

GBIF:155301040

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Geographic Distribution(4)

Antarctica
Subantarctic Waters
World Oceans
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 3 languages.

engAntarctic minke whaleengnorantarktisk vagehvalnorporbaleia minke australporporbaleia-minke-antarcticaporengordinary minke whaleeng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 3 languages.

engAntarctic minke whale
eng
Source: Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp.
norantarktisk vagehval
nor
porbaleia minke austral
por
porbaleia-minke-antarctica
por
engordinary minke whale
eng

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (1143904 nucleotides; 547 proteins)

NCBI:txid33556

UNKNOWN

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References(10)

  • 1

    Burmeister, H. (1868). Preliminary description of a new species of finner whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Proceedings of the Zoological Society [London], June 27, 1867:707-713.

    original description
  • 2

    Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259.

  • 3

    IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

    additional source
  • 4

    Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

    additional source
  • 5

    King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155301040
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    7759914
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231405
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026