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    Balaenoptera (from Latin balaena 'whale', and Ancient Greek πτερά (pterá) 'fin') is a genus of rorquals containing eight extant species. Balaenoptera...
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    The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 ft) and weighing up...
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    The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean...
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    The sei whale (/seɪ/ SAY, Norwegian: [sæɪ]; Balaenoptera borealis) is a baleen whale. It is one of ten rorqual species, and the third-largest member after...
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    lack of definitive information and research. The common Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, Olsen, 1913) is a larger form that occurs worldwide in warm temperate...
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  • The pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) is a subspecies of the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) found in the Indian Ocean and the Southern...
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    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...
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    in general. The family name Balaenopteridae is from the type genus, Balaenoptera. All members of the family have a series of longitudinal folds of skin...
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  • Balaenoptera bertae is an extinct species of baleen whale that lived from 3.35 to 2.5 Mya during the Pliocene in the region of today's San Francisco Bay...
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    Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale (Balaenoptera omurai) is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. Before its formal description, it...
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    whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Taxonomists further...
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    The Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the...
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  • "Balaenoptera" ryani is an extinct species of Balaenopteridae from the late Miocene of California. It was originally considered a species of Balaenoptera...
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    Balaenoptera siberi is an extinct species of baleen whale from the Late Miocene, described by Pilleri and Pilleri in 1989, based on fossils found in the...
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    whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) recorded south of the Madagascar Plateau and those attributed to 'true' blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus)...
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    Rice's whale (Balaenoptera ricei), also known as the Gulf of Mexico whale, is a species of baleen whale endemic to the northern Gulf of Mexico. Initially...
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  • The southern fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) is a subspecies of fin whale that lives in the Southern Ocean. At least one other subspecies of fin...
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    The northern fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus physalus) is a subspecies of fin whale that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean. It...
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    subfamily level as Neobalaeninae. Rorquals consist of three genera (Balaenoptera, Megaptera, and Eschrichtius) and ten species: the fin whale (B. physalus)...
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  • Balaenoptera edeni DD (ssp. brydei - Bryde's whale NE, ssp. edeni - Eden's whale NE ) Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai DD Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus...
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    most extreme cold deserts of continental Antarctica. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal that has ever lived, weighing up to 190...
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    1088/1748-3182/3/1/016001. PMID 18364560. S2CID 26098966. Cooke JG (2018a). "Balaenoptera borealis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018a. e.T2475A130482064...
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    (rorquals) Genus: Balaenoptera Northern minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN...
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  • Balaenopterinae Genus: Balaenoptera Southern minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis NT Dwarf minke whale, Balaenoptera sp. Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD Sei...
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  • Genus: Balaenoptera Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis NT Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis...
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  • (Grampus griseus) Minke whale, (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Sei whale, (Balaenoptera borealis) Fin whale, (Balaenoptera physalus) Short-finned pilot whale...
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  • Rhincodon typus 2019 Fish Bryde's whale วาฬบรูดา Balaenoptera edeni 2019 Mammal Omura's whale วาฬโอมูระ Balaenoptera omurai 2019 Mammal Helmeted hornbill นกชนหิน...
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    Southwest Australia Decreasing Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Global Increasing Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) Global Increasing Irrawaddy dolphin...
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    Hog deer (Axis porcinus) Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Banteng (Bos javanicus)...
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    Balaenoptera Common minke whale (B. acutorostrata) Antarctic minke whale (B. bonaerensis) Sei whale (B. borealis) Bryde's whale (B. brydei) Pygmy Bryde's...
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