Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53

Belongs to Balaenoptera according to J. E. Gray 1846

Sister taxa: Balaenoptera brevicauda, Balaenoptera cephalus, Balaenoptera davidsonii, Balaenoptera floridana, Balaenoptera minutis, Balaenoptera physalus, Balaenoptera ryani, Balaenoptera sursiplana, Balaenoptera taiwanica

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder