- (/ˈrɔːrkwəlz/) are the
largest group of
baleen whales,
comprising the
family Balaenopteridae,
which contains nine
extant species in two genera. They
include the...
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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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Mysticeti comprises the
families Balaenidae (right and
bowhead whales),
Balaenopteridae (rorquals),
Eschrichtiidae (the gray whale) and
Cetotheriidae (the...
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family to be invalid, with its
members nesting inside of the
clade Balaenopteridae. The
names of the
extant genus and the
family honours Danish zoologist...
- This is a list of
mammals of
British Columbia.
Fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes) LC Long-eared
myotis (Myotis evotis) LC
Northern long-eared
myotis (Myotis...
- a
species of
baleen whale. It is a
rorqual (a
member of the
family Balaenopteridae) and is the only
species in the
genus Megaptera.
Adults range in length...
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Balaenopteridae Species Common name
Distribution Status Image Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke whale Seen
stranded occasionally, rare sightings. Last...
- Castell’Arquato
Formation in
northern Italy. A
cladistic analysis of
Balaenopteridae recovered Archaebalaenoptera as one of if not the most
primitive rorqual...
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camels and llamas; and
Whippomorpha contains fourteen, Balaenidae,
Balaenopteridae, Cetotheriidae, Delphinidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae, Monodontidae...
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million years ago.
Mysticetes include four
extant (living) families:
Balaenopteridae (the rorquals),
Balaenidae (right whales),
Cetotheriidae (the pygmy...
