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Baleen Whales

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA - Animals
   Phylum: CHORDATA - Chordates
     Subphylum: VERTEBRATA - Animals with backbones
       Class: MAMMALIA - Mammals
         Order: CETACEA - Whales, dolphins and porpoises
           Suborder: MYSTICETI - Baleen whales

Family: BALAENIDAE - Right whales
• Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus
• Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis
• Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
• Pygmy Right Whale, Caperea marginata

Family: BALAENOPTERIDAE - Rorquals
• Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
• Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
• Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
• Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera edeni
• Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
• Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

Family: ESCHRICHTIDAE - Gray whales
• Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus


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