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Category Archives: Mysticeti – Baleen Whales
Pigmy Right Whale – Neobalaenidae
Found in the col-temperate waters of the southern hemisphere, these whales are small, only up to about 18 feet long. They are believed to feed on copepods but this species is poorly known. Pigmy Right Whale
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Right Whales – Balaenidae
Right whales are large whales, reaching up to 54 feet in length, with large heads comprising nearly a third of their total lenth. They feed on copepods by swimming slowly with mouths open through concentrations of their prey, at or … Continue reading
Rorqual Whales – Balaenopteridae
Rorquals range in side from the small Minke, about 24-30 feet in length, to the giant Blue Whale, the largest creature on earth, at 60-84 feet long. A shared trait is the presence of deep, longitudinal grooves running down the … Continue reading
Gray Whales- Eschrichtius robustus
Gray Whales are restricted today to the north Pacific, along east and west coasts; Atlantic populations are extinct due to whaling. They are large whales, over 45 feet in length, with a slender bodies. they have no dorsal fin but … Continue reading
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