Minkewalvis of dwergvinvis is 'n naam wat aan twee spesies seesoogdiere, die gewone minkewalvis (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) en Antarktiese minkewalvis (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), wat aan 'n klade in die suborde Baleinwalvisse gegee word. Die minkewalvis se amptelike naam is in 1804 deur Lacepède, gegee wat dit as 'n dwergvorm van Balænoptera acuto-rostrata beskryf het. Lys van Suider-Afrikaanse soogdiere Lys van Suider-Afrikaanse soogdiere volgens wetenskaplike name Suider-Afrikaanse soogdiere en hul ordes Cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Geargiveer 16 Mei 2013 op Wayback Machine. Verkry op 2008-10-11. Arnason, U., Gullberg A. & Widegren, B. (1993). "Cetacean mitochondrial DNA control region: sequences of all extant baleen whales and two sperm whale species". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 10: 960–970. Besoek op 2007-07-13.AS1-onderhoud: meer as een naam: authors list (link) Lacepède, Histoire naturelle des cétacées. (Paris, 1804). It had been inaccurately described by the Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1780, who assumed it must be an already described species, assigned his specimen to Balaena rostrata, a name, however, that was already in use.