The National Red List Project

NRLD - 201505 | Balaenoptera musculus

Assessment ID
201505
Taxon name
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name(s)
Blue Whale
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
cetacea
Family
balaenopteridae
Genus
Balaenoptera
Species
musculus
Species authority
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Australia
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Australia
Country ISO code(s)
AUS
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Endangered
Abbreviated status
EN
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2009
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicthreatenedlist.pl?wanted=fauna
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Threatened species under the EPBC Act
Threatened species under the EPBC Act. 2009. Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Available from http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species.html (accessed June 2012).