Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

Eden's whale

Scientific Name : Balaenoptera edeni / Japanese Name : katsuo-kujira

Eden's whale

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Mysticeti
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species edeni
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Subtype -
CITES Appendix I IUCN RedData Status Endangered
Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw - Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw -
At birth At weaning Adult Adult male Adult female
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Feature and Habit
No description available.
Description
国立科学博物館での分類による。(Shiro Wada, Masayuki Oishi & Tadasu K. Yamada (2003) A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature, 426: 278-281.)
Reference:
Stranding Record(s) in Japan
Map

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