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Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Minke whale(s)

Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804

• Modern species: Pliocene - Present (3.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Cetartiodactyla, infraorder Cetacea, superfamily Mysticeti, family Balaenopteridae, genus Balaenoptera

• Distribution
• Pliocene: Hokkaido