Taxon data and maps: Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 33
- Common Name
- Minke Whale
- Authority
- Laciphde,1804
- 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
- 3400A1
- Caption
- 200 nautical miles from Mawson. Mike whale beside ship
- Photographer
- Dixon, Grant
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 1042 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1978 to 2006.
1042 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
926 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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| APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's Details | 45 data pts | |
| Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program Details | 457 data pts | |
| Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - BROKE-West Details | 15 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 450 data pts | |
| Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages Details | 75 data pts | |
Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.