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Balaenoptera physalus

Taxonomy

Balaena physalus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Balaenoptera physalus by Gray (1846), Racovitza (1903), Trouessart (1904), Thomas (1911), Dal Piaz (1929), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Barnes (1977), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Uhen et al. (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Geisler et al. (2011).

Subspecies

Balaenoptera patachonicha tschudii

Sister species

B. brevicauda, B. cephalus, B. davidsonii, B. fasciata, B. floridana, B. minutis, B. ryani, B. sursiplana, B. taiwanica

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Synonyms

Physalus duguidii was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaenoptera brasiliensis was named by Gray (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Physalus brasiliensis by Gray (1850) and Gray (1866); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Physalus fasciatus was named by Gray (1850). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Physalus patachonicus was named by Burmeister (1866). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Swinhoia chinensis was named by Gray (1868). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaena antiquorum was named by Fischer (1829). It is extant.

It was recombined as Physalus antiquorum by Gray (1847), Gray (1850), Gray (1864), Gray (1866) and Gray (1868); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaenoptera patachonica was named by Burmeister (1865). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Balaenoptera velifera was named by Scammon and Cope (1869). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Balaenoptera physalus quoyi was named by Fisher (1829). It is extant.

It was recombined as Balaenoptera quoyi by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Balaenoptera velifera copei was named by Elliot (1901). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaena sulcata was named by Neill (1811). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaena sulcata arctica was named by Schlegel (1841). It is extant.

It was recombined as Balaenoptera arctica by Trouessart (1904); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaenoptera blythi was named by Anderson (1879). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Benedenia knoxii was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaena boops was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Balaenoptera boops by Gray (1846); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera musculus by Van Beneden and Gervais (1880); it was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Gray (1846), Thomas (1911), Hershkovitz (1966) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Balaenoptera gibbar was named by Lacepede (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Balaenoptera rorqual was named by Lacepede (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966).
Balaenoptera antiquorum was named by Gray (1846). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenoptera physalus by Hershkovitz (1966) and Mead and Brownell (2005).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Balaena physalus Linnaeus p. 75
1758	Balaena boops Linnaeus p. 76
1804	Balaenoptera gibbar Lacepede p. 114
1804	Balaenoptera rorqual Lacepede p. 126
1811	Balaena sulcata Neill
1829	Balaena antiquorum Fischer p. 525
1829	Balaenoptera physalus quoyi Fisher
1829	Balaena antiquorum Fisher p. 525
1832	Balaenoptera rorqual Dewhurst p. 214
1841	Balaena sulcata arctica Schlegel
1846	Balaenoptera antiquorum Gray p. 50
1846	Balaenoptera boops Gray p. 50
1846	Balaenoptera brasiliensis Gray p. 51
1846	Balaenoptera physalus Gray p. 83
1847	Physalus antiquorum Gray p. 96
1847	Balaena physalus Nilsson p. 636
1850	Physalus antiquorum Gray p. 38
1850	Physalus fasciatus Gray p. 42
1850	Physalus brasiliensis Gray p. 43
1864	Physalus duguidii Gray p. 187
1864	Benedenia knoxii Gray p. 212
1864	Physalus antiquorum Gray p. 216
1864	Physalus duguidii Gray p. 221
1865	Balaenoptera patachonica Burmeister p. 190
1865	Physalus patachonicus Gray p. 190
1866	Physalus patachonicus Burmeister p. 495
1866	Physalus antiquorum Gray p. 114
1866	Benedenia knoxii Gray p. 138
1866	Physalus duguidii Gray p. 158
1866	Physalus brasiliensis Gray p. 162
1866	Physalus fasciatus Gray p. 162
1866	Physalus patachonicus Gray p. 374
1868	Benedenia knoxii Gray p. 2
1868	Physalus antiquorum Gray p. 2
1868	Physalus duguidii Gray p. 2
1868	Physalus patachonicus Gray p. 2
1868	Swinhoia chinensis Gray p. 3
1869	Balaenoptera velifera Scammon and Cope p. 16
1879	Balaenoptera blythi Anderson
1888	Balaenoptera patachonica Moreno p. 22
1889	Balaenoptera patachonica Ameghino p. 889
1901	Balaenoptera velifera copei Elliot
1903	Balaenoptera physalus Racovitza p. 55
1904	Balaenoptera velifera Trouessart p. 783
1904	Balaenoptera velifera copei Trouessart p. 783
1904	Balaenoptera arctica Trouessart p. 784
1904	Balaenoptera blythi Trouessart p. 784
1904	Balaenoptera patachonicha Trouessart p. 784
1904	Balaenoptera physalus Trouessart p. 784
1904	Balaenoptera quoyi Trouessart p. 784
1911	Balaenoptera physalus Thomas p. 156
1929	Balaenoptera physalus Dal Piaz p. 87
1963	Balaenoptera physalus Scheffer and Rice p. 9
1966	Balaenoptera physalus Hershkovitz p. 163
1977	Balaenoptera physalus Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1991	Balaenoptera physalus Vidal p. 6
1998	Balaenoptera physalus Rice p. 76
2005	Balaenoptera physalus Mead and Brownell p. 725
2006	Balaenoptera physalus Bouetel and Muizon p. 386
2008	Balaenoptera physalus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2008	Balaenoptera physalus Uhen et al. p. 619
2011	Balaenoptera physalus Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1

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