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Eubalaena japonica
Taxonomy
Balaena japonica was named by Gray (1846) [No type specimen is known. Type locality is only listed as Japan (Hershkovitz, 1966).]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Eubalaena glacialis japonica by Hershkovitz (1966) and Churchill et al. (2012); it was recombined as Eubalaena japonica by Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Bisconti (2009) and Tsai et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Eubalaena glacialis japonica by Hershkovitz (1966) and Churchill et al. (2012); it was recombined as Eubalaena japonica by Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Bisconti (2009) and Tsai et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Balaena japonica Gray p. 15 |
| 1850 | Balaena japonica Gray p. 17 |
| 1868 | Balaena cullamach Chamisso |
| 1880 | Balaena japonica Van Beneden and Gervais p. 111 |
| 1966 | Eubalaena glacialis japonica Hershkovitz p. 192 |
| 2005 | Eubalaena japonica Mead and Brownell p. 723 |
| 2008 | Eubalaena japonica Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2009 | Eubalaena japonica Bisconti p. 153 |
| 2012 | Eubalaena glacialis japonica Churchill et al. p. 19 |
| 2014 | Eubalaena japonica Tsai et al. p. 87 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Eubalaena japonica Gray 1846
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Invalid names: Balaena cullamach Chamisso 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 | |||||