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Balaenoptera (rorquals)

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Wikipedia Abstract

"Balaenoptera" ryani is an extinct species of Balaenopteridae from the late Miocene of California. It was originally considered a species of Balaenoptera, but is now recognized as more primitive than any extant or fossil balaenopterid and thus in need of a new generic name.
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Species

Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale) (Attributes)
Balaenoptera bertae
Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Antarctic Minke Whale) (Attributes)
Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Balaenoptera cortesii
Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde's whale) (Attributes)
Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Balaenoptera omurai (Omurai's Whale)
Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Balaenoptera ricei (Gulf of Mexico Whale) (Critically Endangered)
Balaenoptera siberi
Balaenoptera sursiplana
Balaenoptera taiwanica
Eschrichtius cephalus

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0