Antarctic minke whale, southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

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Subject:	Antarctic minke whale, southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
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Antarctic minke whale, southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

Minke whale in Ross Sea, Antarctica The picture is a scan of an old film picture.

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English: Minke whale in Ross Sea, Antarctica The picture is a scan of an old film picture.
Date 27 October 2007 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Leptictidium using CommonsHelper.
Author Brocken Inaglory https://sites.google.com/site/thebrockeninglory/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg

The Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second smallest rorqual after the common minke whale and the third smallest baleen whale. It is primarily restricted to the Southern Hemisphere (although vagrants have been reported in the North Atlantic) and feeds mainly on euphausiids. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Balaenopteridae, Genus: Balaenoptera, Species: Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867.

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