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Livyatan is an extinct genus of macroraptorial sperm whale containing one known species: L. melvillei.The genus name was inspired by the biblical sea monster Leviathan, and the species name by Herman Melville, the author of the famous novel Moby-Dick about a white bull sperm whale.
All species are known by at least a skull, and are informally grouped without a family designation. They were all likely the apex predator of their habitats, comparable to the modern day killer whale (Orcinus orca), and achieved great lengths, with one species—Livyatan—measuring about 13.5–17.5 m (44–57 ft).
Sei whale: Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828: Neritic and oceanic marine zones EN: Bryde's whale: Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879: Neritic and oceanic marine zones LC Unknown: Blue whale: Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus, 1758: Neritic and oceanic marine zones EN: Omura's whale: Balaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003: Neritic and ...
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The whale's remains suggest it's a smaller relative of Basilosaurus cetoides, which lived along Alabama's coast 34-40 million years ago. A teen found a 34-million-year-old whale skull in her ...
Beachgoers were shocked after this enormous sperm whale washed up on the sand. The 40ft (12 metres) long creature appeared on the beach in Sarangani, Philippines on Sunday morning (November 24).
There was a short period of commercial whaling in the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. Philippine whalers fished within Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but it was reported that they also hunted Bryde whales in international waters. [1] The Philippines was also a member of the International Whaling Commission from 1981 to 1988. [2]
Engraved on the tooth is a picture of the ship Francis, which artist Fred Myrick served on during the early 1800s. Now, sperm whales are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. So, in ...