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Rare bryde's whale in California
Bryde’s whale
- Maximum length
- 15.5m (51ft)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera brydei
- Taxonomy
- Family:RorqualBalaenopteridae
- Genus:Balaenoptera
- Range
- Tropical to Temperate Ocean
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Southern Right Whale
Southern right whale
- Maximum length
- 18m (59ft)
- Scientific name
- Eubalaena australis
- Taxonomy
- Family:Balaenidae
- Genus:Eubalaena
- Range
- Sea of Southern Hemisphere
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North Atlantic right whale – Quoddy Link Marine
North Atlantic Right Whale
- Maximum length
- 18.5m (61ft)
- Scientific name
- Eubalaena glacialis
- Taxonomy
- Family:Balaenidae
- Genus:Eubalaena
- Range
- North Atlantic
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Humpback Whales Breaching Surprises Kayakers in British Columbia
Humpback Whale
- Maximum length
- 19m (62ft)
- Scientific name
- Megaptera novaeangliae
- Taxonomy
- Family:RorqualBalaenopteridae
- Genus:Megaptera
- Range
- Seas other than Arctic Ocean
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Sei Whale Feeding Frenzy – Blue Planet – BBC wildlife
Sei Whales
- Maximum length
- 19.5m (64ft)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera borealis
- Taxonomy
- Family:RorqualBalaenopteridae
- Genus:Eunectes
- Range
- Tropical to Subarctic Ocean
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Rare North Pacific right whale spotted off Haida Gwaii
North Pacific right whale
- Maximum length
- 19.8cm (65ft)
- Scientific name
- Eubalaena japonica
- Taxonomy
- Family:Balaenidae
- Genus:Eubalaena
- Range
- North Pacific
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Balaena – Bowhead Whale
Bowhead Whale
- Maximum length
- 20m (66ft)
- Scientific name
- Balaena mysticetus
- Taxonomy
- Family:Balaenidae
- Genus:Balaena
- Range
- Arctic Ocean
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Sperm whale
- Maximum length
- 20.5m (67ft)
- Scientific name
- Physeter macrocephalus
- Taxonomy
- Family:Physeteroidea
- Genus:Physeter
- Range
- All seas
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Massive finback whale surfces inches from tourist boat
Fin Whale
- Maximum length
- 27.3m (90ft)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera physalus
- Taxonomy
- Family:RorqualBalaenopteridae
- Genus:Balaenoptera
- Range
- All seas
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Blue Whale Drone Footage: Swimming With The World's Biggest Animal
Blue Whale
- Maximum length
- 33.5m (110ft)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera musculus
- Taxonomy
- Family:RorqualBalaenopteridae
- Genus:Balaenoptera
- Range
- All seas
The blue whale is said to be the largest animal in the history of the Earth.
