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MeSH Heading: Whales
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865
Unique ID: D014907
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014907
Annotation: some dolphins are misnamed "whales": note FALSE KILLER WHALE; PYGMY KILLER WHALE; and MELON-HEADED WHALE; are entry terms to DOLPHINS; PILOT WHALES; and KILLER WHALE; both types of dolphin, are also available
Scope Note: Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened.
Entry Term(s): Beaked Whales; Berardius; Caperea; Dwarf Sperm Whale; Eschrichtius robustus; Eubalaena australis; Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales; Goose-Beaked Whale; Gray Whale; Grey Whale; Mesoplodon; Monodon monoceros; Narwhals; North Atlantic Right Whale; Pygmy Right Whale; Pygmy Sperm Whale; Right Whale, North Atlantic; Right Whale, Southern; Ziphiidae; Ziphius
Related Numbers: txid160595; txid27604; txid27606; txid27615; txid40151; txid48741; txid9752; txid9756; txid9757; txid9760; txid9764
See Also: Ambergris
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under CETACEA 1975-90
Online Note: search CETACEA 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under CETACEA 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

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Whales MeSH Descriptor Data 2024