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Balaenoptera, genus Balaenopteranoun
type genus of the Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera (from Latin balaena 'whale', and Ancient Greek πτερά (pterá) 'fin') is a genus of rorquals containing eight extant species. Balaenoptera comprises all but two of the extant species in its family (the humpback whale and gray whale); the genus is currently polyphyletic, with the two aforementioned species being phylogenetically nested within it.This genus is known in the fossil records from the Neogene to the Quaternary (13.65 million years ago to the present).
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Balaenoptera is a genus of the Balaenopteridae family that includes several species of whales, most notably the blue whale and humpback whale. Species in this genus are characterized by their elongated bodies, baleen plates for filtering food from water, and dorsal fins.
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Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera, from the Latin balaena and pteron, is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the Rorqual whales, and contains eight species. The species Balaenoptera omurai was published in 2003. Balaenoptera is the most diverse genus of its family, the only other member being the Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Balaenoptera
A genus of WHALES in the family Balaenopteridae, consisting of five species: Blue Whale, Bryde's Whale, FIN WHALE, Sei Whale, and MINKE WHALE. They are distinguished by a relatively slender body, a compressed tail stock, and a pointed snout.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Balaenoptera in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Balaenoptera in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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