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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Common minke whale
Scientific Name : Balaenoptera acutorostrata / Japanese Name : minku-kujira
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Mysticeti |
| Family | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus | Balaenoptera |
| Species | acutorostrata |
| Subspecies | - |
| Subtype | - |
| CITES Appendix | I | IUCN RedData Status | Least Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw | 230-325 | Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw | - |
| At birth | At weaning | Adult | Adult male | Adult female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 8-9ft | 16.5ft | 28-30.0ft | - | - |
| Body weight | - | - | 6-9t | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| The head is slender and pointed, and the median ridge is conspicuous. The dorsal fin is falcated and pointed. The dorsal side is black and the ventral side is white. They have a V-shaped pattern behind the head. The flippers are small and have a white broad band. The baleen plates are short (less than 0.2m) and the color is white or milky-white. The fringes are fine and white. They have 230 to 325 white to milky white baleen plates. The 50 to 70 throat pleats end at the tip of flippers. They often come near shore, bays, estuaries, and shore banks. They migrate to higher latitude in summer. |
| Description |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
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Marine Mammals Skull Database
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| Sex | - | Reproductive Condition | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | - | Locality | - |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
