Base de Datos de las Especies de Galápagos

Categoría de taxón: Aceptado

Syn.: Balaena antipodarum Tomilin, 1957 (synonym), Balaena antiquorum Fischer, 1829 (synonym), Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym), Balaena mysticetus major Kerr, 1792 (synonym), Balaena physalis Kerr, 1792 (synonym), Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym), Balaena quoyi Fischer, 1829 (synonym), Balaena rostrata australis Desmoulins, 1822 (synonym), Balaena sulcata Neill, 1811 (synonym), Balaenoptera antarctica Gray, 1846 (synonym), Balaenoptera aragous Farines & Carcasonne, 1829 (synonym), Balaenoptera australis Gray, 1846 (synonym), Balaenoptera blythii Anderson, 1879 (synonym), Balaenoptera brasiliensis Gray, 1846 (synonym), Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède, 1804 (synonym), Balaenoptera mediterraneensis Lesson, 1828 (synonym), Balaenoptera mediterranensis Cabrera, 1961 (misspelling), Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 (synonym), Balaenoptera patachonica Lahille, 1905 (synonym), Balaenoptera patachonicus Burmeister, 1865 (synonym), Balaenoptera patagonica Dabbene, 1902 (synonym), Balaenoptera quoyii Lonnberg, 1906 (synonym), Balaenoptera rorqual Lacépède, 1804 (synonym), Balaenoptera sulcata arctica Schlegel, 1841 (synonym), Balaenoptera swinhoii Gray, 1866 (synonym), Balaenoptera tenuirostris Sweeting, 1840 (synonym), Balaenoptera velifera Cope, 1869 (synonym), Balaenoptera velifera copei Elliot, 1901 (synonym), Balaenopteris guibusdam Tomilin, 1957 (synonym), Benedenia knoxii Gray, 1864 (synonym), Dubertus rhodinsulensis Tomilin, 1957 (synonym), Physalis vulgaris Fleming, 1828 (synonym), Physalus antarcticus Gray, 1850 (synonym), Physalus australis Gray, 1850 (synonym), Physalus brasiliensis Gray, 1850 (synonym), Physalus dugundii Heddle, 1856 (synonym), Physalus fasciatus Gray, 1850 (synonym), Physalus patachonicus Burmeister, 1866 (synonym), Physalus verus Billberg, 1828 (synonym), Pterobalaena communis Van Beneden, 1857 (synonym), Pterobalaena gigantea michrochira Barkos, 1862 (synonym), Rorqualus musculus F. Cuvier, 1836 (synonym), Sibbaldius tectirostris Cope, 1869 (synonym), Sibbaldius tuberosus Cope, 1869 (synonym), Swinhoia chinensis Gray, 1868 (synonym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origen: Nativa

Categoría en la Lista Roja de la UICN: En peligro

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• Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
• IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.