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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Mammalia (class) » Cetartiodactyla (order) » Balaenopteridae (family)
CAAB Code: | 41 112007 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 |
Rank: | Species |
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Scientific Name Notes: | Until recently, all Minke whales were treated as a single species, B. acutorostrata, however the southern (Antarctic) form is now treated as a separate species, B. bonaerensis (e.g. Rice, 1998). Both species have been recorded in Australian waters. | ||||
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Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Australian Biological Resources Study (Houston, K. + others, editors), 2000-, Australian Faunal Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication, http: www.environment.gov.au/abrs/abif-fauna/ |