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--> GENUS Megaptera
SPECIES Megaptera novaeangliae
Author: | Borowski, 1781. | Citation: | Gemein. Naturgesch. Thier., 2(1): 21. | Common Name: | Humpback Whale | Type Locality: | USA, "de la nouvelle Angleterre" (= coast of New England). | Distribution: | Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Reviewed by Winn and Reichley (1985). |
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braziliensis Cope, 1867 burmeisteri Burmeister, 1866 indica Gervais, 1883 lalandii (Fischer, 1829) longimana (Rudolphi, 1832) longipinna Gray, 1846 nodosa (Bonnaterre, 1789) osphya Cope, 1865 versabilis Cope, 1869
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