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Balaenidae (/bəˈlɛnɪdeɪ, -diː/) is a
family of
whales of the
parvorder Mysticeti (baleen whales) that
contains mostly fossil taxa and two
living genera:...
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southern right whale (E. australis). They are
classified in the
family Balaenidae with the
bowhead whale.
Right whales have
rotund bodies with
arching rostrums...
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having baleen plates for
filter feeding and two blowholes. The
family Balaenidae, the
right whales,
contains two
genera and four species. All
right whales...
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polar whale, is a
species of
baleen whale belonging to the
family Balaenidae and is the only
living representative of the
genus Balaena. It is the...
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mouths to
sieve plankton from the water.
Mysticeti comprises the
families Balaenidae (right and
bowhead whales),
Balaenopteridae (rorquals), Eschrichtiidae...
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Mammals in
Western Australia include both
native and
introduced species. Family:
Tachyglossidae Genus:
Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, T. aculeatus...
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antelopes Whippomorpha Hippopotamidae:
Hippopotamuses Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenidae:
Bowhead and
right whales Cetotheriidae:
Pygmy right whale Balaenopteridae:...
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Marine mammals comprise over 130
living and
recently extinct species in
three taxonomic orders. The
Society for
Marine Mammalogy, an
international scientific...
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Balaenidae Species Common name
Distribution Status Image Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale...
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camels and llamas; and
Whippomorpha contains fourteen,
Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Cetotheriidae, Delphinidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae...
