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  2. Category:Balaenidae - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Balaenidae, 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

  3. Baleen whale - Wikipedia

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    The fin whale is the fastest among baleen whales, having been recorded travelling as fast as 10 m/s (36 km/h; 22 mph), and sustaining a speed of 2.5 m/s (9.0 km/h; 5.6 mph) for an extended period. [51] While feeding, the rorqual jaw expands to a volume that can be bigger than the whale itself; [52] to do this, the

  4. Balaena - Wikipedia

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    Throughout history, the family Balaenidae has been the subject of great taxonomic debate. Authorities have repeatedly recategorized the three populations of right whale plus the bowhead whale, as one, two, three or four species, either in a single genus or in two separate genera.

  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. Balaenula - Wikipedia

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    †Balaenula astensis Trevisan, 1942 (from Italy) [2] Balaenula is an extinct genus of baleen whale species which lived during the Pliocene epoch of Europe and possibly North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Balaenula is a small whale measuring within the range of 6–8 metres (20–26 ft) in length.

  7. Southern right whale - Wikipedia

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    The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena.Southern right whales inhabit oceans south of the Equator, between the latitudes of 20° and 60° south. [5]

  8. 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 ...

  9. Eschrichtiidae - Wikipedia

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    Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]