Species profile—Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Balaenopteridae (baleen whales) → Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- blue whale
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1052
- Alternate name(s)
- Sibbald's rorqual
sulphur-bottom whale - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1052.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
