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1904, Index Gen. Mamm., p. 444) — Balaena physalus Linnaeus, young), 

 B. rostrata Linnaeus {ex Schreber, Saugthiere, p. 485, pi. 13) {—Balaenop- 

 tera acutorostrata Lacepede), Balaenoptera australis Lesson {=Eubalaena 

 glacialis australis Desmoulins)]. 



Rorqual Voigt, 1831, in Cuvier, Das Thierreich, 1: 342 [subgenus of 

 Balaena Linnaeus; included species: B. boops {"die Jubarte"= Balaenop- 

 tera musculus), B. musculus ("der Rorqual' '=5. physalus Linnaeus, type 

 by virtual tautonomy)]. — Palmer, 1904, Index Gen. Mamm., p. 612 

 [name attributed to G. Cuvier, 1829, Regne animal, ed. 2, 1: 298, 

 wherein only the French vernacular plural "rorquals" is used for a 

 subdivision of the genus Balaena Linnaeus]. 



Rorqualus Cuvier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Cetaces, p. 303 [included species: 

 R. boops {= Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus), R. musculus {=B. physalus 

 Linnaeus, type by virtual tautonomy), R. antarctica {=Megaptera 

 novaeangliae Borowski)]. — Hamilton, 1837, Jardine's Naturalist's 

 Library, Mammalia, 6 (whales): 125 [included species: Rorqualis (sic) 

 borealis Lesson, Rorqualus minor "Knox" (= Balaenoptera acutorostrata 

 Lacepede), Rorqualus australis Cuvier {=Eubalaena glacialis australis 

 Desmoulins)]. — Gray, 1846, Zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus 

 and Terror, 1 (Mammalia): 51 [subgenus of Balaenoptera Lacepede; 

 included species: B. boops Linnaeus]. 



Ptychocetus Gloger, 1842, Hand-und Hilfsbuch Naturgeschichte, 1: 

 xxxiv, 174 [included species: Balaenoptera borealis, B. boops, B. rostrata, 

 B. musculus Linnaeus (here designated type)]. 



Pterobalcena Eschricht, 1849, K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. Nat. 

 Math., Afd., Copenhagen, (5), 1: 108 [type species: the "fmhval" of 

 the northern seas (= Balaena physalus Linnaeus)]. 



Ogmobalana Eschricht, 1849, K. Danske Skrift. Nat. Math. Afd., (5), 

 1 : 108 [type species: the "furehvaler eller Rorhvaler" of the northern 

 sea {— Balaena physalus Linnaeus)]. 



Benedenia Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 211 [type species: 

 Benedenia knoxii Gray (= Balaena physalus Linnaeus)]; 1866, Cat. seals 

 and whales Brit. Mus., pp. 114, 135 [characters; name preoccupied by 

 Benedenia Diesing, 1858, a genus of Vermes]. 



Sibbaldus Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 222 [included 

 species: laticeps Gray (= Balaenoptera borealis Lesson), S. borealis Gray 

 (not Lesson) (= Balaena musculus Linnaeus)]. — Kellogg, 1928, Quart. 

 Rev. Biol., 3: 191 [cranial characters], 



Sibbaldius Flower, 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 392 [type by 

 subsequent selection : S. laticeps Gray (= Balaenoptera borealis Lesson)]. — 

 Gray, 1866, Cat. seals and whales Brit. Mus., pp. 114, 169 [characters]. 



Cuvierius Gray, 1866, Cat. seals and whales Brit. Mus., pp. 114, 164 [type 

 species: Cuvierius latirostris (= Physalus latirostris Flower= Balaena muscu- 

 lus Linnaeus), by monotypy]. 



