At any stage, you can move up or down the Taxonomic hierachy of Antarctic/subantarctic species by clicking on any name. Lower level taxon counts are shown in [].
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| Kingdom | Animalia | |
| Phylum | Chordata | |
| Class | Mammalia | |
| Order | Cetacea | |
| Family | Balaenopteridae | |
| Genus | Balaenoptera |
List of Individual Species - see Taxon profile using the name of the taxa.
| Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Laciphde,1804 | Minke Whale | |
| Balaenoptera bonaerensis | Burmeister, 1867 | Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke Whale | |
| Balaenoptera borealis | Lesson,1828 | Sei Whale | |
| Balaenoptera musculus | (Linnaeus,1758) | Blue Whale | |
| Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pygmy Blue Whale | |
| Balaenoptera physalus | Linnaeus,1758 | Fin Whale | |
| Balaenoptera sp. | Unknown Baleen Whale |