Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Burmeister, 1867

Antarctic Minke Whale

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Mysticeti
Family : Balaenopteridae
Genus : Balaenoptera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Actas Soc. Paleo., Buenos Aires, XXIV

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14522682

Original name as described

Balaenoptera bonaërensis

Other common names

Southern Minke Whale

Type material

MACN-Ma 15626

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Belgrano, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Namibia · New Zealand · Peru · South Africa · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Suriname · Christmas Island · Uruguay · Angola? · Comoros? · Fiji? · French Guiana? · French Polynesia? · Indonesia? · Kenya? · Madagascar? · Mauritius? · Mayotte? · Mozambique? · New Caledonia? · Réunion? · Tanzania? · Vanuatu?

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006398

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Balaenoptera Huttoni

J. E. Gray, 1874

Family

Balaenopteridae

Root name

huttoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1874.4.13.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/39c30965-d9f3-4750-9cc9-3c813d847882 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9388e7e2-a387-4d1f-9c82-d7753c1cc85c

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342838

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaenoptera bonaërensis

Burmeister, 1867

Family

Balaenopteridae

Root name

bonaerensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 15626

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

xxiv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14522682

Authority publication

Actas de la Sociedad Paleontológica de Buenos Aires

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2480/50350661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Balaenoptera Racovitzai

Lahille, 1905

Family

Balaenopteridae

Root name

racovitzai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Revista del Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires

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