Balaenidae

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Related to Balaenidae: bowhead whale

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Noun 1. [画像:Balaenidae - right whales]Balaenidae - right whales

mammal family - a family of mammals

Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti - baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks

right whale - large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil

Balaena, genus Balaena - type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales

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Similarly, the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), another member of the family Balaenidae closely related to the right whale, has a closely associated cyamid ectoparasite (Cyamus ceti, Fig.

Prevalence and abundance of cyamid "whale lice" (Cyamus ceti) on subsistence harvested bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

Los Balaenidae (Cetacea: Neoceti) son un grupo de misticetos caracterizados por presentar, en el craneo y en la mandibula, una serie de especializaciones vinculadas al sistema de alimentacion por filtracion, tales como un rostro muy arqueado y angosto, huesos rostrales sin interdigitacion con los huesos occipitales, mandibula con un proceso coronoides y angular reducidos y barbas largas.

Evolucion de los balaenidae (Mammalia: Cetacea: Mysticeti) del mioceno de Patagonia: sistematica, filogenia y aspectos paleobiologicos

Species Hypopigmentation n Country Cetartiodactyla Balaenidae Eubalaena australis Piebaldism 58 Argentina (Desmoulins, 1822) Undetermined 88 Argentina Cerviidae Mazama gouazoubira Piebaldism 1 Brazil (G.

Anomalous colour in Neotropical mammals: a review with new records for Didelphis sp. (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia) and Arctocephalus australis (Otariidae, Carnivora)/ Coloracao anomala em mamiferos Neotropicais: uma revisao com novos registros para Didelphis sp. (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia) e Arctocephalus australis (Otariidae, Carnivora)