Rare footage of the Omura's whales of Madagascar was released on Friday. According to Wikipedia, very little is known about the species. It has been referred to as a small, "dwarf" or "pygmy" form of Bryde's whale by various sources. The common name Omura commemorates Japanese cetologist Hideo Omura.
The scientific description of this whale was made in Nature in 2003 by three Japanese scientists. They determined the existence of the species by analysing the morphology and mitochondrial DNA of 9 individuals – eight caught by Japanese research vessels in the late 1970s in the Indo-Pacific. Later, abundant genetic evidence confirmed Omura's whale as a valid species. It is perhaps more closely related to its larger relative, the blue whale.
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The scientific description of this whale was made in Nature in 2003 by three Japanese scientists. They determined the existence of the species by analysing the morphology and mitochondrial DNA of 9 individuals – eight caught by Japanese research vessels in the late 1970s in the Indo-Pacific. Later, abundant genetic evidence confirmed Omura's whale as a valid species. It is perhaps more closely related to its larger relative, the blue whale.
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