Species Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) (Pygmy right whale)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Cetacea
  • ---- family: Neobalaenidae
  • ----- species: Caperea marginata
Characteristics:planktivore; length: 6m; dark grey-blue colour with a paler band around the neck, white below;
Countries:
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 260
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/32010455
Date: 2009-04-23
Creator: Robert Pitman, NOAA Fisheries
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27144459
Creator: Lycaon.cl
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Spanish: 1=ballena franca pigmea o ballena franca enana (Caperea marginata)
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