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 DeCS Categories

B01 Eukaryota .
B01.050 Animals .
B01.050.150 Chordata .
B01.050.150.900 Vertebrates .
B01.050.150.900.649 Mammals .
B01.050.150.900.649.313 Eutheria .
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875 Cetacea .
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865 Whales .
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.100 Balaenoptera .
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.100.350 Fin Whale .
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.750 Sperm Whale .
 
 Terms
 Synonyms & Historicals		Documents
LILACS e MDL		 
Balaenoptera .
Balaenoptera borealis .
Balaenoptera brydei .
Balaenoptera musculus .
Blue Whales .
Bryde Whale .
Brydes Whale .
Sei Whales .
Blue Whale .
Bryde's Whale .
Sei Whale .
Rudolphi's Rorqual .
Pollack Whale .
Coalfish Whale .
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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Whales .
Eschrichtius robustus .
Eubalaena australis .
Grey Whale .
Monodon monoceros .
North Atlantic Right Whale .
Beaked Whale .
Bottle-Nosed Whale, Giant .
Bottle-Nosed Whales, Giant .
Dwarf Sperm Whales .
Giant Bottle Nosed Whales .
Giant Bottle-Nosed Whale .
Goose Beaked Whale .
Goose-Beaked Whales .
Gray Whales .
Grey Whales .
Narwhal .
Pygmy Right Whales .
Pygmy Sperm Whales .
Right Whale, Pygmy .
Right Whales, Pygmy .
Right Whales, Southern .
Southern Right Whale .
Southern Right Whales .
Sperm Whale, Dwarf .
Sperm Whale, Pygmy .
Sperm Whales, Dwarf .
Sperm Whales, Pygmy .
Whale .
Whale, Grey .
Whale, Southern Right .
Whales, Grey .
Whales, Southern Right .
Beaked Whales .
Berardius .
Caperea .
Dwarf Sperm Whale .
Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales .
Goose-Beaked Whale .
Gray Whale .
Mesoplodon .
Narwhals .
Pygmy Right Whale .
Pygmy Sperm Whale .
Right Whale, North Atlantic .
Right Whale, Southern .
Ziphiidae .
Ziphius .
Hyperoodon .
Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale .
Indopacetus .
Kogia .
Megaptera .
Monodon .
Monodontidae .
Neobalaenidae .
Physeter .
Physeteridae .
Rorquals .
Shepherd's Beaked Whale .
Tasmacetus .
Bottle-Nosed Whales .
Eschrichtidae .
Eschrichtius .
Delphinapterus .
Eubalaena .
Balaena .
Balaenidae .
Balaenopteridae .
Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened. .
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Sperm Whale .
Physeter catodon .
Physeter macrocephalus .
Whale, Sperm .
The species Physeter catodon (also called Physeter macrocephalus), in the family Physeteridae. The common name is derived from the milky wax substance in its head (spermaceti). The species also produces an intestinal secretion AMBERGRIS, which was previously used in perfumes. The sperm whale is the largest toothed MAMMAL in the world. .
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Fin Whale .
Balaenoptera physalus .
Finback Whale .
Fin Whales .
Finback Whales .
Whale, Finback .
Whales, Finback .
The species Balaenoptera physalus, in the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a large, strongly curved, dorsal fin. It is the second largest of the WHALES, highly migratory, but rarely seen near the shore. .
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