Order Cetacea
Author
James G. Mead
Author
Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
349
364
book chapter
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Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
.
Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75
.
TYPE
LOCALITY:
"Habitat in Oceano Europeao", restricted to
Norway
, near
Svalbard
, Spitsbergen Sea by Thomas (1911a)
.
DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix I;
U.S.
ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.
SYNONYMS:
antiquorum
,
boops
,
gibbar
,
patachonica
,
velifera
.
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Gambell (1985b).