Species Detail - Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Northern Ireland Mammal Database".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Minke Whale
NHMSYS0000080192
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Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
baacu
Lacépède, 1804
marine mammal
Species
16
9
6
02/10/1990
26/07/2014
1 January (recorded in 1860)
29 December (recorded in 2018)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/134741>