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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 ...
Dwarf minke whale showing prominent white flipper and shoulder blazes, the light gray thorax patch, and the various dark gray dorsal fields. The dwarf minke whale has similar proportions to the northern form, with an upright, hooked dorsal fin set about two-thirds the way along the back that is up to 32 to 34 cm (13 to 13 in) in height. It has ...
A total of 1,113 whales (nearly all Antarctic minke, but a few dwarf minke as well) were caught off the province between 1968 and 1975, with a peak of 199 in 1971. They were taken by whale catchers of 539 to 593 gross tons with 90 mm harpoon guns mounted on their bows, which brought them to the whaling station at Durban ( 29°53′S 31°03′E ...
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 ...
Two North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the Gulf Coast of Alabama recently in a rare encounter less than a mile away from the Gulf Shore of Alabama. North Atlantic right whales are ...
Minke whale: Seen stranded occasionally, rare sightings. Last seen in Texas in the 1980s. [28] [11] Balaenoptera brydei Balaenoptera edeni: Bryde's whale: Seen yearly in every season but the fall in shallow waters. Taxonomy up to debate [11] [28] Balaenoptera musculus: Blue whale: Balaenoptera physalus: Fin whale: Megaptera novaeangliae ...
A San Diego-based ecotour operator has captured stunning aerial footage, perhaps first of its kind, showing Cuvier’s beaked whales swimming along the surface. Rare footage shows elusive ...
Antarctic whales are any whales which are known to reside near Antarctica for at least part of the year. This includes: Arnoux's beaked whale; Blue whale; Dwarf sperm whale; Fin whale; Gray's beaked whale; Humpback whale; Minke whale; Antarctic minke whale; Pygmy right whale; Pygmy sperm whale; Sei whale; Southern bottlenose whale; Southern ...