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SPECIES Balaenoptera borealis
Author: | Lesson, 1828. | Citation: | Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Mamm. Oiseaux, 1: 342. | Common Name: | Sei Whale | Type Locality: | Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck Bay, near Gromitz (see Rudolphi, 1822). | Distribution: | Worldwide: cold-temperate to warm-temperate waters. Distributional records sometimes confused with B. edeni. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered. | Comments: | Reviewed by Gambell (1985a). Rice (1998:75-76) separated this species into B. borealis borealis and B. borealis schlegelii Flower, 1865 (Northern Sei Whale) (Southern Sei Whale). |
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