Rediscovery of the type specimen of the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaërensis, Burmeister, 1867)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-121

  Zerbini, Alexandre N ^a   Castello, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

B. acutorostrata; Balaenoptera bona rensis; Cetacea; Minke whale; Southern Hemisphere; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037258709     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00071     Document Type: Article

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