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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  • AFD
Published in:ABRS 2001, "Census of Australian Vertebrates"
Synonym Source
Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Hershkovitz, P. 1966, "Catalog of living whales", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 246, viii 1-259
Balaena boops Fabricius, 1780 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Hershkovitz, P. 1966, "Catalog of living whales", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 246, viii 1-259
Megaptera novaeangliae australis synonym
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Mernong
Common Name Source
Humpback Whale Australia Australia
Humpback Whale Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5295f399-684a-47b9-95b8-ebc35119e338 Taxon current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5295f399-684a-47b9-95b8-ebc35119e338 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5295f399-684a-47b9-95b8-ebc35119e338 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5295f399-684a-47b9-95b8-ebc35119e338 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
41112006 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0b655491-96d9-4c22-9014-5c3611822b38 Scientific Name current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f99d2ad9-23dc-4c67-893e-254fc9c614a6 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
ARTIODACTYLA
suborder
WHIPPOMORPHA
infraorder
CETACEA
unranked
Mysticeti
family
BALAENOPTERIDAE
genus
Megaptera
species
Megaptera novaeangliae
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