What is Balaenoptera?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Balaenoptera'' | image = LMazzuca_Fin_Whale.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Fin Whale]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Cetacea]] | subordo = [[Mysticeti]] | familia = [[Balaenopteridae]] | subfamilia = [[Balaenopterinae]] | genus = '''''Balaenoptera''''' | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision =See text }} '''''Balaenoptera''''' is the largest genus of the [[Rorqual]] whales, containing eight species, including the recently discovered [[Balaenoptera omurai]] in 2003. The only rorqual whale which is currently not classified as a member of the genus Balaenoptera is the [[Humpback Whale]], ''Megaptera novaeangliae''. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Baleen whales]]