Taxon documents and images: Megaptera novaeangliae

Context

Taxon Id

38

Common Name

Humpback Whale

Authority

(Borowski,1781)

Naming Status

Currently accepted name

Status

Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Balaenopteridae

Genus

Megaptera