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--> GENUS Balaenoptera
--> SPECIES musculus
SUBSPECIES Balaenoptera musculus musculus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 76. | Common Name: | Northern Blue Whale | Type Locality: | UK, Scotland, Firth of Forth ("Habitat in Mari Scotico"). | |
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gigas (Van Beneden, 1861) major (Knox, 1870) sibbaldii (Gray, 1847)
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