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Common Name:
Minke Whale

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass:
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family: Balaenopteridae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Checklist No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA
GPS: 43.763051,-69.320026

Date: 9/1/06

Stage:
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide:

Balaenoptera acutorostrata Balaenopteridae
Minke Whale
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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