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''Balaenoptera'', from the Latin ''balaena'' (whale) and ''pteron'' (fin), is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the rorquals, and contains eight extant species. The species ''Balaenoptera omurai'' was published in 2003. ''Balaenoptera'' is a diverse genus and comprises all but one of the extant species in its family - the other species is the Humpback Whale, ''Megaptera novaeangliae''. This genus is known in the fossil records from the Neogene to the Quaternary (age range: from 13.65 to 0.0 million years ago). 〔(Fossilworks ) 〕 ==Taxonomy== * Genus ''Balaenoptera''〔 * * ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'', Common minke whale * * †''Balaenoptera bertae'' (Pliocene, USA) * * ''Balaenoptera bonaerensis'', Antarctic minke whale * * ''Balaenoptera borealis'', Sei whale * * ''Balaenoptera brydei'', Bryde's whale * *†''Balaenoptera cephalus'' * * †''Balaenoptera colcloughi'' (Pliocene, USA) * * †''Balaenoptera davidsonii'' (Pliocene, USA) * * ''Balaenoptera edeni'', Eden's whale * * ''Balaenoptera musculus'', Blue whale * * ''Balaenoptera omurai'', Omura's whale * * ''Balaenoptera physalus'', Fin whale * * †''Balaenoptera siberi'' (Pliocene, Peru) * *†''Balaenoptera sursiplana'' * *†''Balaenoptera taiwanica'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balaenoptera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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