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  2. List of cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, with eleven species in three genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale . They take their name from a Norwegian word meaning "furrow whale"; all members of the family have a series of longitudinal folds of skin running from below the mouth back to the navel ...

  3. Portal:Cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    Porpoises range in size from the vaquita, at 1.4 metres (4 feet 7 inches) in length and 54 kilograms (119 pounds) in weight, to the Dall's porpoise, at 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) and 220 kg (490 lb). Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism in that the females are larger than males. They have streamlined bodies and two limbs that are modified into ...

  4. List of individual cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    Dawn the humpback whale in the Sacramento River in 2007 Cetaceans are the animals commonly known as whales , dolphins , and porpoises . This list includes individuals from real life or fiction, where fictional individuals are indicated by their source.

  5. Cetacea - Wikipedia

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    A stranding is when a cetacean leaves the water to lie on a beach. In some cases, groups of whales strand together. The best known are mass strandings of pilot whales and sperm whales. Stranded cetaceans usually die, because their as much as 90 metric tons (99 short tons) body weight compresses their lungs or breaks their ribs. Smaller whales ...

  6. Humpback whale that washed up on LI was popular NYC ... - AOL

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    NYC0393 was one of the astounding 100 new whales that the research center cataloged in 2024 — a jaw-dropping sum compared to the measly five that were documented when Gotham Whale started its ...

  7. Mediterranean cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    The sei whale, or Rudolph's whale (Balaenoptera borealis), lives mainly in the North Atlantic and avoids enclosed seas, [22] but occasionally makes occasional incursions into the Mediterranean, although this is considered exceptional [12] and restricted to Spain and France. [14] The sei whale is classified as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List. [23]

  8. List of Arctic cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    Narwhals Beluga whales. Balaenidae [1] Bowhead whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ, arviq) Balaena mysticetus [2] [3] Balaenopteridae [1] Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus [4] Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis [5] Blue whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓗᖕᓂᖅᓴᖅ, ᐃᐸᒃ, arviq niaqurlungniqsaq, ipak) Balaenoptera musculus [3] [6] Common minke whale ...

  9. Category:Cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    This category contains articles about Cetacea, including whales, dolphins and porpoises. ... Cetaceans and humans (3 C, 1 P) Cetaceans of the Arctic Ocean (12 P)