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Balaenoptera musculus

Balaenoptera musculus adulta

Classis : Mammalia 
Ordo : Artiodactyla 
Subordo : Cetacea 
Parvordo : Mysticeti 
Familia : Balaenopteridae 
Genus : Balaenoptera 
Species : B. musculus 
(Linnaeus, 1758)
   
Palaeontologia
1.25–0 m.a.Quaternarium > Recens[1][2][3]
Conservationis status
Subdivisiones: Subspecies
* B. m. musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • B. m. intermedia (Burmeister, 1871)
  • B. m. brevicauda (Ichihara, 1966)
  • ?B. m. indica (Blyth, 1859)
Synonyma
* Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Balaenoptera gibbar Scoresby, 1820
  • Pterobalaena gigas Van Beneden, 1861
  • Physalus latirostris Flower, 1864
  • Sibbaldius borealis Gray, 1866
  • Flowerius gigas Lilljeborg, 1867
  • Sibbaldius sulfureus Cope, 1869
  • Balaenoptera sibbaldii Sars, 1875
Territorium
Distributio (partes caeruleae)

Balaenoptera musculus est mammale marinum parvordinis Mysticetorum.[5] Quod mammale, 29.9 metra[6] longum et 173 tonnae pondere,[6] est maximum animal notum quod umquam exsistit.[7][8]

Corpus est longum et tenue, cutis cinerascens et caerulea in parte dorsali et aliquantulum clarior in parte ventrali.[9] Sunt tres saltem subspecies distinctae: B. m. musculus in oceanis Atlantico et Pacifico septentrionalibus, B. m. intermedia in Oceano Australi, et B. m. brevicauda in oceanis Indico et Pacifico australi. Praeterea, Balaenoptera musculus indica, qui oceanum Indicum habitat, fortasse est alia subspecies. Aliis Mysticetis similis, minutis crustaceis euphausiaceis appellatis paene solum vescitur.[10]

Balaenoptera musculus indica ante litus Srilancae.
  1. Fossilworks Dataway. . Fossilworks Gateway to Paleontology .
  2. Deméré, Thomas A.; Berta, Annalisa; McGowen, Michael R. (Iunio 2005). "The Taxonomic and Evolutionary History of Fossil and Modern Balaenopteroid Mysticetes". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12 (1/2): 99–143 .
  3. "Rise of the titans: baleen whales became titans earlier than thought". Biology Letters 15 (5): 20190175. 2019 .
  4. Reilly, S. B.; Bannister, J. L.; Best, P. B.; Brown, M.; Brownell Jr., R. L.; Butterworth, D. S.; Clapham, P. J.; Cooke, J. et al (2008). "Balaenoptera musculus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T2477A9447146 .
  5. "Species Fact Sheets: Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization Consociationis Nationum 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Assessment and Update Status Report on the Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus". Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 2002 .
  7. Paul, Gregory S. (25 Octobris 2016). [(Textus apud Google Books) The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs] (Secunda ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4008-8314-1 
  8. Bortolotti 2008.
  9. "Species Fact Sheets: Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization Consociationis Nationum 
  10. de Koning, Jason; Wild, Geoff (1997). "Contaminant analysis of organochlorines in blubber biopsies from blue whales in the St. Lawrence Seaway". Trent University 

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