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Definition of Balaenoptera physalus

Balaenoptera physalus
Rorqual Ror"qual, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Bal[ae]noptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback. Note: It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more slender than the right whales, and is noted for its swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other related species of finback whales.

Meaning of Balaenoptera physalus from wikipedia

- The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean...
- whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Pygmy fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus patachonica) North Atlantic fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus physalus) Southern fin whale...
- A. (1998). "A new hybrid between a blue whale, Balaenoptera Musculus, and a fin whale, "B. Physalus:" frequency and implications of hybridization". Marine...
- Rorquals Balaenoptera Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Northern fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus physalus Southern fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus quoyi...
- 1029/2018JC014352. hdl:1912/10837. S2CID 135201588. Fox, David (2001). "Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale)". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2006-10-22. "Finback...
- The northern fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus physalus) is a subspecies of fin whale that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean. It...
- cavirostris), sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). Their distribution is highly heterogeneous from region to region...
- whale, Balaenoptera physalus). In 1846, the English zoologist John Edward Gray, ignoring Lesson's designation, named Rudolphi's specimen Balaenoptera laticeps...
- The southern fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) is a subspecies of fin whale that lives in the Southern Ocean. At least one other subspecies of fin...
- (July 1998). "DRAFT RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE FIN WHALE BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS AND SEI WHALE BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.597.2270. "Humpback Whale"...