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Balaenoptera omurai  Wada, Oishi and Yamada, 2003
Taxonomic Serial No.: 770889

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Omura's Whale [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCetacea Brisson, 1762 – baleines, cétacés, dauphins, mammfères marins, marsouins, baleia, cetáceo, golfinho, cetaceans, whales, dolphins, marine mammals, porpoises  
                                  SuborderMysticeti Flower, 1864 – baleen whales  
                                     FamilyBalaenopteridae Gray, 1864 – rorquals  
                                        GenusBalaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 – rorquals, finback whales, baleen whales  
                                           SpeciesBalaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi and Yamada, 2003 – Omura's Whale  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Dr. James G. Mead  
  Notes: Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Balaenoptera omurai    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies, website (version Aug 2018)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2018. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 16 April 2019   
  Reference for: Balaenoptera omurai, Omura's Whale [English]   
       
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies (2023), website (version Nov 2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2023. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 13 Nov 2023   
  Reference for: Balaenoptera omurai, Omura's Whale [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sasaki, Takeshi, Masato Nikaido, Shiro Wada, Tadasu K. Yamada, Ying Cao, M. Hasegawa, and N. Okada  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Balaenoptera omurai is a newly discovered baleen whale that represents an ancient evolutionary lineage   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, vol. 41, no. 1   
  Page(s): 40-52   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.032   
  Reference for: Balaenoptera omurai   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wada, Shiro, Masayuki Oishi, and Tadusa K. Yamada  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: A newly discovered species of living baleen whale   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nature, vol. 426, no. 6964   
  Page(s): 278-281   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0028-0836   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): xxxi + 1157   
  Publisher: Elsevier   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-12-8043271   
  Notes: Species and classification provided on pages xxix-xxxi   
  Reference for: Balaenoptera omurai, Omura's Whale [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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