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Species profile—Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Balaenopteridae (baleen whales) → Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale)

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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

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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.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024