Information about Balaenidae

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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses

• Subclass †Allotheria*
• Subclass Prototheria
• Subclass Theria

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Cetacea
Brisson, 1762

Diversity
Around 88 species; see list of cetaceans or below.

Suborders

Mysticeti
Odontoceti
Archaeoceti (extinct)
(see text for families)

The order Cetacea
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Mysticeti
Cope, 1891

Diversity
Around 15 species; see list of cetaceans or below.

Families

Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Eschrichtiidae
Neobalaenidae
The baleen whales, also called whalebone whales or great whales
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John Edward Gray

Born January 12 1800(1800--)
Walsall, England
Died March 07 1875 (aged 75)

Nationality British
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Balaena

Species: B. mysticetus

Binomial name
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758


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Eubalaena
Gray, 1864



Species
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
Eubalaena japonica
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Cetacea
Brisson, 1762

Diversity
Around 88 species; see list of cetaceans or below.

Suborders

Mysticeti
Odontoceti
Archaeoceti (extinct)
(see text for families)

The order Cetacea
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Eubalaena
Gray, 1864



Species
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
Eubalaena japonica
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Balaena

Species: B. mysticetus

Binomial name
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758


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Eubalaena
Gray, 1864



Species
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
Eubalaena japonica
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Balaena

Species: B. mysticetus

Binomial name
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758


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Balaena

Species: B. mysticetus

Binomial name
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758


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Eubalaena
Gray, 1864



Species
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
Eubalaena japonica
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E. glacialis
Müller, 1776

Binomial name
Eubalaena glacialis


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E. japonica
Lacépède, 1818

Binomial name
Eubalaena japonica


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E. australis
Desmoulins, 1822

Binomial name
Eubalaena australis


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Cetacea
Brisson, 1762

Diversity
Around 88 species; see list of cetaceans or below.

Suborders

Mysticeti
Odontoceti
Archaeoceti (extinct)
(see text for families)

The order Cetacea
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whale can refer to all cetaceans, to just the larger ones, or only to members of particular families within the order Cetacea. The last definition is the one followed here. Whales are those cetaceans which are neither dolphins (i.e.
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Delphinidae and Platanistoidea
Gray, 1821

Genera

See article below.
Dolphins are aquatic mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. They vary in size from 1.
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Phocoenidae
Gray, 1825

Genera

Neophocaena - Finless porpoise
Phocoena - Harbour porpoise et al.
Phocoenoides - Dall's porpoise
The porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae
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Mysticeti
Cope, 1891

Diversity
Around 15 species; see list of cetaceans or below.

Families

Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Eschrichtiidae
Neobalaenidae
The baleen whales, also called whalebone whales or great whales
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Eschrichtiidae
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Genus: Eschrichtius

Species: E.
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Balaenopteridae
Gray, 1864

Genera

Balaenoptera
Megaptera

Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, with nine species in two genera.
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Neobalaenidae
Miller, 1923

Genus: Caperea
Gray, 1864

Species: C.
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Odontoceti
Flower, 1869

Diversity
Around 73; see List of cetaceans or below.

Families
See text.

The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) form a suborder of the cetaceans.
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