Common Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Balaenopteridae

Genus

Balaenoptera

IUCN status

LC

Distribution

Anguilla|Antarctica|Antigua and Barbuda|Argentina|Australia|Bahamas|Belgium|Bermuda|Brazil|Cape Verde|Canada|Chile|Cuba|Denmark|Dominica|Dominican Republic|France|French Guiana|Gambia|Greece|Greenland|Guadeloupe|Iceland|Indonesia|Ireland|Italy|Japan|North Korea|South Korea|Mauritania|Mexico|Morocco|Mozambique|Netherlands|New Caledonia|New Zealand|Norway|Papua New Guinea|Portugal|Madeira|Azores|Puerto Rico|Russia|Sint Maarten|Senegal|South Africa|Spain|Canary Islands|Taiwan|China|Turks and Caicos Islands|United Kingdom|United States|Uruguay|British Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands

Realm

Marine

Other names: Lesser Rorqual|Little Piked Whale|Sharp-headed Finner Whale|North Atlantic Minke Whale|North Pacific Minke Whale