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The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and the Antarctic (or southern) minke whale. [2] The minke whale was first described by the Danish naturalist Otto Fabricius in 1780, who assumed it must be an already known species and assigned his specimen to Balaena rostrata , a name given to the northern bottlenose ...
A pair of Antarctic minke whales showing their prominent, falcate dorsal fins An Antarctic minke whale captured by the Japanese vessel Yushin Maru, showing the coloration of the baleen. Like their close relative the common minke, the Antarctic minke whale is robust for its genus. They have a narrow, pointed, triangular rostrum with a low ...
The common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. Although first ignored by whalers due to its small size and low oil yield, it began to be exploited by various ...
Though some whale migration routes are known to exceed 8,000km between feeding and breeding grounds, such long-distance movement between longitudes is “atypical”, scientists say.
The remote Portuguese archipelago, consisting of nine volcanic islands about 900 miles west of Lisbon, lies in the North Atlantic Ocean, putting it on the migration route of several whale species ...
In 2017 one humpback whale made international news when it breached in front of a camera less than a few miles from Battery Park and raised awareness that whales have "come home" at last to New York. [22] Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Extremely endangered. Less than 400 are left in the ...
A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say. It was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017 ...
The sei whale is the third-largest balaenopterid, after the blue whale and the fin whale. [28] Adults usually weigh between 15–20 t (15–20 long tons; 17–22 short tons). [ 29 ] They exhibit sexual dimorphism , with females outweighing and being longer than their male counterparts. [ 27 ]