Common minke whale
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The common minke whale or northern minke whale is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.
SBNMS Minke Whale Breach
Fossil of Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvieri from Pliocene of Italy
Minke whale in the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, showing the blowholes and dorsal fin at the same time
Minke whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence showing scars perhaps caused by killer whales
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
Common minke whale
…northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. Although first ignored by whalers due to its small size and low oil yield, it began to be exploited…
Anim 1754 Flickr NOAA Photo Library
Humpback feeding on young pollock off Alaska
Skeleton of the extinct Plesiobalaenoptera hubachi at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Incakujira anilliodefuego paratype