Antarctic Minke Whale
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
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The Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second smallest rorqual after the common minke whale and the third smallest baleen whale. Although first scientifically described in the mid-19th century, it was not recognized as a distinct species until the 1990s. Once ignored by the whaling industry due to its small size and low oil yield, the Antarctic minke...
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- (c) Etienne Boucher, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/10787942@N00/1473750012
- (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaenoptera_bonaerensis
