Balaenoptera omurai
Wada, Oishi, & T. K. Yamada, 2003
Omura'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
Authority citation
Wada, S., Oishi, M. and Yamada, T.K. 2003-11. A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature 426(6964):278-281.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02103Original name as described
Balaenoptera omurai
Other common names
Pygmy Bryde's Whale
Type material
NSMT-M32505
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Tsunoshima Island (34°21′03″N, 130°53′09″E)", Sea of Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
Australia · Brazil · China · Cocos Islands · Egypt · Indonesia · Iran · Japan · Madagascar · Malaysia · Mauritania · New Caledonia · Philippines · Solomon Islands · Sri Lanka · Thailand · Vietnam
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Wada, S., Oishi, M., & Yamada, T. K. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature, 426(6964), 278-281.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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