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Megaptera Gray, 1846

genus

Accepted

Name authority: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Humpback Whale

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
Megaptera Gray, 1846	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds.

Synonym	Source
Cyphobalaena Marschall, 1873 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Poeskopia Gervais, 1871 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:N. Arch. Mus. Pairs '7
Poescopia Gray, 1864 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
Kyphobalaena Eschricht, 1849 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:K. Danske Vid. Selsk. Skr. Kjöbenhavn, [5] 1
Perqualus Gray, 1846 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Megapteron Gray, 1846 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Zool. "Ereb. Terr. " (Cetac.), 16 (as Megaptera; also as Megapteron p. 51).

Common names	Source
Humpback Whale	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:The Paleobiology Database
Humpback Whale	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist
Humpback Whales	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Humpback Whales	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Martha's Vineyard species checklist

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Classification

kingdom: Animalia

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