Taxon Profile: Balaenoptera musculus
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 36
- Common Name
- Blue Whale
- Authority
- (Linnaeus,1758)
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
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- Catalogue id
- 4739C3
- Caption
- Present
- Photographer
- Baars, Christo
Profile
- Source of taxon data
- CAVS
- Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
- CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
- Comments
- CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94
Traits
| CAVS Identifier CAVS Identifier | W1567 |
| CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier | BLW |
| Species 2000 Species 2000 | ITS-180528 |
List of Conventions and Protection Measures - Follow link on
Convention Name to see information on the convention and a species list by family name.
Use the By Kingdom link to see the same list sorted by Kingdon.
| Convention Name | Status | Explanation of the Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IUCN Red Data List 1994 | By kingdom | Endangered |
3D - A taxon is Endangered when it is not Critically Endangered but is facing an very high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future, where the population is estimated to number less than 250 mature individuals. |
| IUCN Red List 2000 | By kingdom | Endangered |
3A1b - A taxon is Endangered when it is not Critically Endangered but is facing an very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, based on an observed, estimated, inferred or suspected reduction of at least 50% over the last 10 years or three generations, whichever is the longer, based on an index of abundance appropriate for the taxon. 3A1d - A taxon is Endangered when it is not Critically Endangered but is facing an very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, based on an observed, estimated, inferred or suspected reduction of at least 50% over the last 10 years or three generations, whichever is the longer, based on actual or potential levels of exploitation. 3A1a - A taxon is Endangered when it is not Critically Endangered but is facing an very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, based on an observed, estimated, inferred or suspected reduction of at least 50% over the last 10 years or three generations, whichever is the longer, based on direct observation. |
Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.
| Type | List Name | Description | Status | Basis of Record |
| Antarctic-wide | Cetaceans Database - Whales | Defined list of cetacean species for the Australian coastal regions and the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. | Derived (from literature) |