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Balaenopteridae

Rorquals

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Humpback whale
Classification after McKenna & Bell 1997 and Nowak 1999.
Containing group: Mysticeti

Other Names for Balaenopteridae

References

Arnason, U., A. Gullberg, and B. Widegren. 1991. The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus. Journal of Molecular Evolution 33:556-568.

Baker, C. S., A. Perry, J. L. Bannister, M. T. Weinrich, R. B. Abernethy, J. Calambokidis, J. Lien, R. H. Lambertsen, J. U. Ramirez, O. Vasquez, P. J. Clapham, A. Alling, S. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Palumbi. 1993. Abundant mitochondrial DNA variation and world-wide population structure in humpback whales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 90:8239-8243.

Bakke, I., S. Johansen, O. Bakke, and M. R. ElGewely. 1996. Lack of population subdivision among the minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Icelandic and Norwegian waters based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Biology 125:1-9.

Berube, M. and A. Aguilar. 1998. A new hybrid between a blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, and a fin whale, B-physalus: Frequency and implications of hybridization. Marine Mammal Science 14:82-98.

Berube, M., A. Aguilar, D. Dendanto, F. Larsen, G. N. Di Sciara, R. Sears, J. Sigurjonsson, R. J. Urban, and P. J. Palsboll. 1998. Population genetic structure of North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Cortez fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758): analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear loci. Molecular Ecology 7:585-599.

Clapham, P. J. 1996. The social and reproductive biology of Humpback Whales: An ecological perspective. Mammal Review 26:27-49.

Corkeron, P. J. and R. C. Connor. 1999. Why do baleen whales migrate? Marine Mammal Science 15:1228-1245.

McKenna, M. C. and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York.

Nowak, R. M. 1999. Order Cetacea. Pages 896-981 in: Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth Edition. Volume II. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Payne, R.S. and S. McVay. 1971. Songs of humpback whales. Science 173:585-597.

Stafford, K. M., S. L. Nieukirk, and C. G. Fox. 1999. An acoustic link between blue whales in the eastern tropical Pacific and the northeast Pacific. Marine Mammal Science 15:1258-1268.

Yoshida, H. and H. Kato. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Bryde's whales in the western North Pacific and adjacent waters inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 15:1269-1286.

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Humpback whale
Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae
Location Gerlache Strait (Antarctica)
Comments Humpback whale (Balaenopteridae)
Creator Photograph by Gerald and Buff Corsi
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
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