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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Cetacea > Whales > Balaenoptera > Fin Whale

Preferred term

Fin Whale  

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Entry terms

  • Balaenoptera physalus
  • Finback Whale
  • Finback Whales
  • Whale, Finback
  • Whales, Finback

Scope note

  • The species Balaenoptera physalus, in the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a large, strongly curved, dorsal fin. It is the second largest of the WHALES, highly migratory, but rarely seen near the shore.

History note

  • 2006; use WHALES 1998-2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050617

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