Balaenoptera edeni

J. Anderson, 1879

Eden's 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

Anderson, J. 1879. Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera, Platanista and Orcaella. First Volume–Text. Bernard Quaritch, London, 984 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34125131

Original name as described

Balaenoptera edeni

Other common names

Tropical Whale · Small-form Bryde's Whale · Sittang Whale

Type material

ZSI 19398

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Burma (= Myanmar), "found its way into the Thaybyoo Choung, which runs into the Gulf of Martaban between the Sittang and Beeling Rivers, about equidistant from each."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Myanmar · India · Bangladesh · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Cambodia · Vietnam · China · Taiwan · Japan · Australia? · Papua New Guinea? · Solomon Islands?

Taxonomy notes

previously included B. brydei

Taxonomy notes citation

Rosel, P. E., Wilcox, L. A., Yamada, T. K., & Mullin, K. D. (2021). A new species of baleen whale (Balaenoptera) from the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of its geographic distribution. Marine Mammal Science, 1-34.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006400

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 edeni

J. Anderson, 1879

Family

Balaenopteridae

Root name

edeni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 19398

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

551

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34125131

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2476/50349178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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