AnAge entry for Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Classification (HAGRID: 02278)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
                Family: Balaenopteridae
                    Genus: Balaenoptera
Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Common name: Common minke whale
Synonyms: Balaena minima, Balaenoptera rostrata, Balaena rostrata

Maximum longevity: 50 years (wild)
Source: ref. 542
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: These animals have been estimated to live up to 50 years in the wild [0542].

No information on metabolism is available.

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0447] Pieter Folkens et al. (2002), National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction