Balaenopteridae Gray 1864

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 724

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scientific name	Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
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Balaenopteridae Gray 1864

Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864: 203.

Genera: 2 genera with 7 species:

Genus Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804 (6 species with 8 subspecies)

Genus Megaptera Gray 1846 (1 species)

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Balaenopteridae

Balaenopteridae Gray 1864

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Balaenopteridae

Gray 1864: 203

1864

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