| Description | Bryde's whale (BRUU-dəz), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises two species of rorqual and maybe three. The "complex" means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research. The common Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, Olsen, 1913) is a larger form that occurs worldwide in warm temperate and tropical waters, and the Sittang or Eden's whale (B. edeni, Anderson, 1879) is a smaller form that may be restricted to the Indo-Pacific. And also, a smaller, coastal form of B. brydei is found off southern Africa, and perhaps another form in the Indo-Pacific differs in skull morphology, tentatively referred to as the Indo-Pacific Bryde's whale. The recently described Omura's whale (B. omurai, Wada et al. 2003), was formerly thought to be a pygmy form of Bryde's, but is now recognized as a distinct species.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Balaenoptera : Balaenoptera edeni |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Balaenoptera : Balaenoptera edeni |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Balaenoptera |
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| Common Name | Eden's whale |
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| Scientific Name | Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 |
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| Name Published In | Anderson, J. (1878). Anatomical and zoological research; comprising an account of zoological results of two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. London. pp. 551-564, figs. 21-28, pl. 44. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Balaenoptera edeni | species | belongs to Balaenoptera | stated without evidence | Trouessart, 1904 | | Balaenoptera edeni | species | belongs to Balaenoptera | stated with evidence | Marx, 2011 | | Balaenoptera edeni | species | belongs to Rorqualus | stated without evidence | Hassanin et al., 2012 | | Balaenoptera edeni | species | belongs to Balaenoptera | stated without evidence | Tsai et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Mysticeti) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Balaenopteridae) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Cetacea) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. W. Rice. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. The Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4:1-231 |
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| Common Name(s) | Eden's Whale, Brydewal, 鯷鯨, Pygmy Bryde's Whale, Ballena Tropical, Bryde's Whale, Braido Nykštukinis Ruožuotis, Bridov Kit, Bryde Balinası, Bryde-walvis, Eden Balinası, Edenwal, Kochi Whale, Sittang Whale, Balenottera Di Bryde, Balenottera Di Eden, Ballena Arenquera, Ballena Caribena, Ballena De Bryde, Ballena Sardinera, Ballena Tricrestada, Beuraideu-gorae, Bride Balinası, Brydehval, Coastal Form Bryde's Whale, Katsuo Kuzira, Kit Brayda, Nitari Kujira, Ogasawara-kuzira, Plawan Sittang, Płetwal Równikowy, Rorcual De Bryde, Rorcual Tropical, Rorqual De Bryde, Small Form Bryde's Whale, Smaller Indian Fin-whale, Trozon'i Bryde, Trozon'i Tropika, Φάλαινα του Εντεν, Смугастик Брайда, или тропический кит, полосатик брайда, לויתן טרופי, カツオクジラ, Brydeshval |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaenoptera_edeni |
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