Megaptera novaeangliae | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
Taxa
Megaptera novaeangliae | (Borowski, 1781)
NRL Record ID
92253
Asessment status in full
Migrant
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links
Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Redlist Notes
Note(s): NZ population subject to recent historial decline. Level of recovery seems to lag behind other Southern Hemisphere populations. Entanglement occurring annually.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Megaptera novaeangliae | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenopteridae | Megaptera |