Blue whaul
Appearance
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Blue whaul[1] | |
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Adult blue whaul (Balaenoptera musculus) | |
Size compared tae a average human | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Faimily: | Balaenopteridae |
Genus: | Balaenoptera |
Species: | B. musculus |
Binomial name | |
Balaenoptera musculus | |
Subspecies | |
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Blue whaul range (in blue) | |
Synonyms | |
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The blue whaul (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belangin tae the baleen whauls (Mysticeti).[3] At up tae 30 metre (98 ft)[4][5] in lenth an wi a maximum recordit wicht o 173 tonne (191 short ton)[5][6] an probably reachin ower 181 tonnes (200 short tons), it is the maist muckle ainimal kent tae hae iver existit.[7][8]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Mead, J.G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 725. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- ↑ 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". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 27 Julie 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
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- ↑ Calambokidis, John; Steiger, Gretchen (1997). [Blue whaul at Google Books Blue Whales] Check
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- ↑ "Animal Records". Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Archived frae the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 29 Mey 2007.
- ↑ Paul, Gregory S. (2010). "The Evolution of Dinosaurs and their World". The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 19.
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