Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera musculus est mammale marinum parvordinis Mysticetorum. Quod mammale, 29.9 metra longum et 173 tonnae pondere, est maximum animal notum quod umquam exsistit.

Corpus est longum et tenue, cutis cinerascens et caerulea in parte dorsali et aliquantulum clarior in parte ventrali. Sunt tres saltem subspecies distinctae: B. m. musculus in oceanis Atlantico et Pacifico septentrionalibus, B. m. intermedia in Oceano Australi, et B. m. brevicauda in oceanis Indico et Pacifico australi. Praeterea, Balaenoptera musculus indica, qui oceanum Indicum habitat, fortasse est alia subspecies. Aliis Mysticetis similis, minutis crustaceis euphausiaceis appellatis paene solum vescitur.

Notae

Bibliographia
American Cetacean Society. 2004. Blue Whale. Archivum, 29 Decembris 2004.
Bortolotti, Dan. 2008. Wild Blue: A Natural History of the World's Largest Animal. Novi Eboraci: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-4299-8777-6.
Calambokidis, John, et Gretchen Steiger. 1998. Blue Whales. Stillwater Minnesotae: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-89658-338-2.
Gentle, Victor, et Janet Perry. 2001. Blue whales. Milvauchiae Visconsiniae: Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN 0836828801.
Jefferson, Thomas A., Marc A. Webber, et Robert L. Pitman. 2015. Marine mammals of the world: a comprehensive guide to their identification. Illust. Uko Gorter. Ed. 2a. Londinii et Didacopoli Californiae: Elsevier / Academic Press. ISBN 9780124095427, ISBN 0124095429 (liber electronicus).
Miller-Schroeder, Patricia. 1998. Blue whales. Austinopoli Texiae: Raintree Steck-Vaughn. ISBN 0817245707.

Nexus externi

Vocalizationes Balaenopterae musxculi. Propositum Inbvestigationis Bioacusticae, Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus. MarineBio.org.
Great whales. BBC News.
NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources. Blue whale biology & status.
Pelliculae et nuntii. BBC Wildlife Finder
Voces in Mari: Soni Balaenopterae musculus

Balaenopteridae
Taxa Linnaei
Taxa 1758
Species animalium