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Rorqualus minor (lesser rorqual) = Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale)
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Rorqualus minor (lesser rorqual) = Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale)


The minke whale or , (Balaenoptera acutorostrata
THE LESSER RORQUAL
PLATE VII.
Rorqualus Minor , Knox.
-- Bal. Rostrata., Fab., Hunter.
-- Balaenoptera Acuto-Rostrata , Lacepede, Scorseby.

Date 1843
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230442
Author Robert Hamilton
Full title Whales / by Robert Hamilton.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWhales_%28Plate_VII%29_%288619319714%29.jpg


The common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. The average length of an adult common minke whale is around 8.5 meters. The common minke whale is dark grey to black in color with a white underside and has white patches behind the head and a distinctive bright white band on the outer part of the pectoral flippers.

Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Species complex: minke whale species complex
Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Subspecies
- B. a. acutorostrata
- B. a. scammoni
- B. a. ssp.
Synonyms
    Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780
    Rorqualus boops F. Cuvier, 1836
    Balaena minima Rapp, 1837
    Balaenoptera eschrichtii Rasch, 1845
    Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849
    Agaphelus gibbosus Cope, 1868
    Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon, 1872
    Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini, 1877

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