Talk:Omura's whale

confirmation of the validity of B. omurai

The validity of Balaenoptera omurai has been confirmed by DNA analysis (Sasaki et. al., 2006). According to their DNA analysis, B. omurai is more derived than the blue whale, but more primitive than the sei and Bryde's whales. Additionally, B. edeni and B. brydei are closer to each other than either is to the sei whale or B. omurai. Therefore, this article must be updated and title of this article should be changed to Omura's Whale. This will update the Wikipedia article Bryde's Whale

Sasaki, T., Nikaido, M., Wada, S., Yamada, T.K., Cao, Y., Hasegawa, M., and Okada, N. 2006. Balaenoptera omurai is a newly discovered baleen whale that represents an ancient evolutionary lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(1): 40–52. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.4.61.237 (talk) 03:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I agree, per above, and Jefferson et al (2008), which labels the species Omura's whale. The page will be moved as agreed. OldBabyBlue (talk) 03:45, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Map and images needed

Yeah, I don't know how to make a map on here, so anyone feel free to make one. Only include its actual distribution though. We could include small blue areas where several strandings/catches have occurred (southern Japan, the west coast of Taiwan, the Bohol Sea). A star could be placed where the type specimen was found and perhaps an asterisk where confirmed sightings have occurred (Komodo National Park, southern New Caledonia). The only map on WikiCommons is outdated and inaccurate, showing it in places it has never been confirmed to occur (most of Indonesia, etc.). Images may be harder to come by. Perhaps the best we could do would be to find a free image of a museum specimen. Any help would be much appreciated. SHFW70 (talk) 01:11, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Size comparison chart needed

Someone with inkscape and more patience than me needs to upload an Omura's whale size comparison chart. All you need to do is take the Bryde's whale size comparison chart, remove the lateral ridge, give it a more hooked dorsal fin, and scale the 1.8 m diver to a 11.5 m whale. SHFW70 (talk) 19:43, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

First confirmed wild sighting of _B.omurai_

http://www.whoi.edu/news-release/OmurasWhales Figured I'd post this here, since it's not currently documented in the article itself. As of October 22nd of this year, we have the first confirmed sightings of live, wild Omura's whales. Raptormimus456 (talk) 00:51, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

That's not true. They had been sighted off Komodo in 1999 and 2000 and off Madagascar in 1994. The authors were just lazy and didn't bother do enough research. OM2003 (talk) 19:22, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

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