Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804

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Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale) is a species of mammals in the family rorquals. Individuals are known to live for 50 years.

EOL has data for 40 attributes, including:

diet breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth
- Definition: Number of dietary categories eaten by an organism.
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2
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Greenland
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3425505
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habitat breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth
- Definition: Number of habitat layers used by an organism
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1
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000016
- Definition: A large expanse of saline water usually connected with an ocean.
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inter-birth interval
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/InterBirthInterval
- Definition: The length of time between successive births of a female.
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469.93
litters per year
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/LittersPerYear
- Definition: Number of litters per female per year
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1
population group size
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PopulationGroupSize
- Definition: Number of individuals in a group that spends the majority of their time in a 24 hour cycle together
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1
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
prenatal development duration
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration
- Definition: The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals.
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312 days
social group size
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SocialGroupSize
- Definition: Number of individuals in a group that spends the majority of their time in a 24 hour cycle together where there is some indication that these individuals form a social cohesive unit.
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2
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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29.313 degrees celsius
weaning age
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WeaningAge
- Definition: Age when primary nutritional dependency on the mother ends and independent foraging begins to make a major contribution to the offspring’s energy requirements.
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182.5

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Minke whale. View this species on GBIF

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Minke whale includes 2 children: