Blue Whale
Blue Whale | |
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Adult Blue Whale | |
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Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Clade: | Cetancodontamorpha |
Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
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Genus: | {{{1}}} |
Species: | B. musculus |
Binomial name | |
Balaenoptera musculus | |
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Range of B. musculus |
Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus is a species of rorqual whale in the Balaenoptera genus. They are a cosmopolitan species, being found in every ocean.
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Description[edit]
This is the largest animal to live on the Earth. It is 33 metres (108 ft) long and weighs 260,145 pounds (118.000 t).[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J., Donovan, G.P., Urbán, J. & Zerbini, A.N. (2008). Balaenoptera musculus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2013.
- ^ Gilpin, Daniel (2011). The Complete Illustrated Guide to Animals, Birds and Fish of the British Isles. Hermes House. ISBN 1846815447.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Animals
- Chordates
- Vertebrates
- Tetrapoda
- Amniota
- Synapsida
- Eupelycosauria
- Therapsida
- Theriodontia
- Cynodontia
- Mammaliaformes
- Mammalia
- Mammals
- Eutheria
- Laurasiatheria
- Cetartiodactyla
- Cetartiodactyls
- Theria
- Placentalia
- Epitheria
- Boreoeutheria
- Ferungulata
- Artiodactyla
- Cetruminatia
- Cetancodontamorpha
- Whippomorpha
- Cetacea
- Mysticeti
- Balaenopteridae
- Placental mammals
- Even-toed ungulates
- Cetaceans
- Baleen whales
- Rorquals
- Balaenoptera