Species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (Minke whale)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Cetacea
  • ---- family: Balaenopteridae
  • ----- species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Characteristics:carnivore; length: 8m; long, streamlined body with flattened head; dark blue-grey coloured back, white underside; flippers are pointed, the dorsal fin is set far back along the body; a number of grooves, and pleats are running from throat and chest to the abdomen; one to three ridges on the head;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 254
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27300280
Creator: NOAA
Permission: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Comments: English: 1=A minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata).
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/32014195
Date: 2011-09-28
Creator: Debergh, Heidi, H.
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Feeding behaviour - Lateral lunge (Saint Lawrence Estuary, Les Bergeronnes, Canada)
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