Definition of Balaenid. Meaning of Balaenid. Synonyms of Balaenid

- Balaenidae as a monophyletic group that is the sister group to Neobalaenidae. Balaenids are large whales, with an average adult length of 15 to 17 metres (45–50...
- Morenocetus is an extinct genus of primitive balaenid from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian and Colhuehuapian in the SALMA classification) Gaiman Formation...
- confirmed that pygmy right whales are more closely related to rorquals than to balaenid right whales, consistent with a close relationship with the cetotheres...
- four families: rorquals (balaenopterids), cetotheriids, right whales (balaenids), and grey whales (eschrichtiids). The main difference between each family...
- pleats to expand their mouths to take in food and sieve out the water. Balaenids (right whales and bowhead whales) have m****ive heads that can make up...
- extant pygmy right whale. Although traditionally considered related to balaenids, recent studies by Fordyce and Marx (2013) and Ludovic Dutoit and colleagues...
- Cetaceans: Whales, dolphins and porpoises Baleen whales (mysticetes) Balaenids: right whales and bowhead whale Rorquals (balaenopterids) Gray whale Pygmy...
- of rorquals appears to be more energy efficient than the ram feeding of balaenid whales; the latter technique is used with less dense and patchy plankton...
- (rorquals), Eschrichtiidae (gray whale) and Cetotheriidae (pygmy right whale). Balaenids are distinguished by their enlarged head and thick blubber, while rorquals...
- et. sp. indet. Indeterminate Right tympanic bulla (MACN Pv 13221). A balaenid. Balaenoptera B. sp. Right tympanic bulla (MACN Pv 13220). A rorqual. Balaenopteridae...