Balaenoptera
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Balaenoptera is a genus of rorquals containing eight extant species. Balaenoptera comprises all but two of the extant species in its family; the genus is currently polyphyletic, with the two aforement
Anim 1754 Flickr NOAA Photo Library
Fossil of Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvieri from the Pliocene of Italy
Aetiocetus BW
Janjucetus NT small
Rorqual
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Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, comprising the family Balaenopteridae, which contains nine extant species in two genera. They include the largest animal ever known to have lived, the
Balaenoptera
…Balaenoptera (from Latin balaena 'whale' and Ancient Greek πτερά (pterá) 'fin') is a genus of rorquals containing eight extant species. Balaenoptera comprises all but two of the extant species in its family (the humpback whale and gray whale); the genus…
Humpback feeding on young pollock off Alaska
Skeleton of the extinct Plesiobalaenoptera hubachi at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Incakujira anilliodefuego paratype