Species profile—Balaenoptera acutorostrata (dwarf minke whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Balaenopteridae (baleen whales) → Balaenoptera acutorostrata (dwarf minke whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804
- Common name
- dwarf minke whale
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1064
- Alternate name(s)
- minke whale
little piked whale
lesser rorqual - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1064
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.