minke whale
species of mammal
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Summary
minke whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,726 views/month, #1,352 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Balaenoptera[5]
- Taxon name: Balaenoptera acutorostrata[6]
- Commons category: Balaenoptera acutorostrata[7]
- Start time: -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Depicted by: Balena della Val di Zena[9]
- Short name: B. acutorostrata[10]
- Taxon common name: Common minke whale[11], Ballena Minke[12], Rorcual Menor[13], Baleinoptère à museau pointu[14], Petit rorqual[15], Dwarf Minke Whale[16], Lesser Rorqual[17], Little Piked Whale[18], Minke Whale[19], 小鬚鯨[20], Zwergwal[21], Nördlicher Zwergwal[22], Zwergfurchenwal[23], dwergvinvis[24]
- Gestation period: 10.5 month[25]
- Taxon author citation: Lacépède, 1804[26]
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[27]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[28]
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Identifiers
minke whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41550[29]. minke whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9767[30]. minke whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559426[31]. minke whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440728[32]. minke whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180524[33].
Why It Matters
minke whale has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]