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Balaena rostrata Mueller, 1776 
AphiaID: 384347

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Balaenidae (Family) > Balaena (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Rank Species
Parent Balaena Linnaeus, 1758
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa
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Subspecies Balaena rostrata australis Desmoulins, 1822 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384347
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-03-05 14:31:36Z  created  Perrin, William
2009-04-01 16:57:11Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Balaena rostrata Mueller, 1776. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384347 on 2013-05-24
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