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  2. Minke whale - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Mediterranean cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    The sei whale, or Rudolph's whale (Balaenoptera borealis), lives mainly in the North Atlantic and avoids enclosed seas, [22] but occasionally makes occasional incursions into the Mediterranean, although this is considered exceptional [12] and restricted to Spain and France. [14] The sei whale is classified as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List. [23]

  4. Common minke whale - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of marine mammal species - Wikipedia

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    Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC (ssp. acutorostrata - North Atlantic minke whale NE, ssp. scammoni - North Pacific minke whale NE, unnamed ssp. dwarf minke whale NE) Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD; Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN (ssp. borealis - northern sei whale NE, ssp. schlegellii - southern sei ...

  6. Dead humpback whale washes up on Long Island beach: police

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    There is an ongoing investigation into the increased number of minke whale deaths since 2017,” the society also said in a ... Get sweaters on sale for the whole family during Nordstrom's Half ...

  7. Dead minke whale washes up on Irvine beach - AOL

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    A dead minke whale has been found washed up on Irvine beach in Ayrshire. North Ayrshire Council said it was "evaluating" options to remove the whale from the beach, which is a popular spot with ...

  8. List of mammals of Texas - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Blue Whale - AOL

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    The blue whale diverged from other Balaenopteridae (including fin and northern minke whales) between 5 and 10 million years ago, and the oldest fossil representing something similar to today’s ...