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2. Baleen whale - Wikipedia

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   Baleen whales can have streamlined or large bodies, depending on the feeding behavior, and two limbs that are modified into flippers. The fin whale is the fastest baleen whale, recorded swimming at 10 m/s (36 km/h; 22 mph). Baleen whales use their baleen plates to filter out food from the water by either lunge-feeding or skim-feeding

3. List of cetaceans - Wikipedia

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   The family Balaenidae, the right whales, contains two genera and four species. All right whales have no ventral grooves; a distinctive head shape with a strongly arched, narrow rostrum, bowed lower jaw; lower lips that enfold the sides and front of the rostrum; and long, narrow, elastic baleen plates (up to nine times longer than wide) with fine baleen fringes.

4. Rorqual - Wikipedia

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   Rorquals (/ ˈ r ɔːr k w əl z /) are the largest group of baleen whales, comprising the family Balaenopteridae, which contains nine extant species in two genera.They include the largest known animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach 180 tonnes (200 short tons), and the fin whale, which reaches 120 tonnes (130 short tons); even the smallest of the group, the northern minke ...

5. Balaenidae - Wikipedia

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   Balaenidae (/ b ə ˈ l ɛ n ɪ d eɪ,-d iː /) is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti (baleen whales) that contains mostly fossil taxa and two living genera: the right whale (genus Eubalaena), and the closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena).

6. Humpback whale - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene – Recent Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...

7. Blue Whale - AOL

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   In terms of length, blue whales have often been compared to three school buses lined up back to back. These whales measure 90-100 feet long and are estimated to weigh from 200,000-352,000 pounds ...

8. Scientists discover the anatomy behind the songs of baleen whales

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   Baleen whales - a group that includes the blue whale, the largest animal in Earth's history - use a larynx, or voice box, anatomically modified to enable underwater vocalization, researchers said ...

9. Boaters spot incredibly rare all-white sea creature ... - AOL

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   Omura’s whales are the most recently identified species of whales, experts from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation said. The creatures were first recognized in 2003 from dead corpses, and they ...