Baleen whale
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Baleen whales, also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea, which use baleen plates in their mouths to sieve plankton from the water. Mystic
Baleen whales vary considerably in size and shape, depending on their feeding behavior.
Eschrichtius, Balaenopteridae
Eubalaena, Balaenidae
Megaptera, Balaenopteridae
Whale
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Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. al
Basilosaurus skeleton
Skeleton of a bowhead whale; notice the vestigial pelvis. Richard Lydekker, 1894
Sperm whale skeleton. Richard Lydekker, 1894.