Mysticeti


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Related to Mysticeti: suborder Mysticeti
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Noun 1. Mysticeti - baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks
animal order - the order of animals
Cetacea, order Cetacea - an order of Eutheria
baleen whale, whalebone whale - whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whales
Eschrichtiidae, family Eschrichtiidae - comprising only the grey whales
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Seasonal distribution, exploitation and present abundance of stocks of large baleen whales (Mysticeti) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Norwegian and adjacent waters.
Seasonal trends in acoustic detection of marine mammals in Baffin bay and Melville bay, northwest Greenland
These cetacean remains can be attributed to Mysticeti based on the shape and size of the skull bones, the high bilateral symmetry, as well as the presumable absence of teeth in the mandible.
Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of a sand-dominated coastal system of the Upper Miocene of eastern Guadalquivir Basin (south Spain): fossil assemblages, ichnology and taphonomy
Ocorrencia e sazonalidade da baleia-de-Bryde Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 (Cetacea, Mysticeti): contribuicoes para a conservacao no Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Contributions of the Graduate Program in Environmental Science and Conservation to the generation of scientific knowledge that promotes regional development and conservation of coastal ecosystems of the Northern Rio de Janeiro State...
Of the 30 species, 29 belong to the Order Cetartiodactyla, are placed within the two Suborders Mysticeti and Odontoceti, and come under the six Families of Balaenopteridae, Physeteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Delphinidae, and Phocoenidae [1].
Cetacean presence in the Trincomalee Bay and adjacent waters, Sri Lanka
Minke whales and other Mysticeti whale species grow baleen instead of teeth.
How whales successfully adapted to oceans
Os cetaceos conhecidos popularmente como botos, golfinhos e baleias, sao divididos em duas subordens viventes: Mysticeti, baleias com barbatanas, e Odontoceti, os que possuem dentes como os golfinhos, toninhas e cachalotes.
Use of geographic information system in the analysis of distribution of cetaceans in Parana Coast/Utilizacao de sistema de informacao geografica na analise da distribuicao de cetaceos na Costa Paranaense
"Pathological and Serological Evidence of Brucella-infection in Baleen Whales (Mysticeti) in the Western North Pacific."
Japanese whaling and the language of science

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