-
northern minke whale,
reaches 9
tonnes (10
short tons).
Rorquals take
their name from
French rorqual,
which derives from the
Norwegian word røyrkval: the...
-
refers to "sulphur bottom"
whales in his
novel Moby-****.) Blue
whales are
rorquals in the
family Balaenopteridae. A 2018
analysis estimates that the Balaenopteridae...
- "blows,"
referring to the
prominent blow of the species. Fin
whales are
rorquals,
members of the
family Balaenopteridae,
which includes the
humpback whale...
- blubber,
while rorquals and gray
whales generally have a flat head, long
throat pleats, and are more
streamlined than Balaenids.
Rorquals also tend to be...
- HMS
Rorqual has been the name of two
Royal Navy submarines. A
rorqual is a type of whale: HMS
Rorqual (N74), a Grampus-class
submarine launched in 1936...
-
sightings of
humpbacks off the
coast of New England.
Humpback whales are
rorquals,
members of the
family Balaenopteridae,
which includes the blue, fin, Bryde's...
-
Pacific minke whale and
dwarf minke whale. All
minke whales are part of the
rorquals, a
family that
includes the
humpback whale, the fin whale, the Bryde's...
-
whaling theme, the
Rorquals being a
species of
baleen whales. This
article incorporates public domain material from "Mount
Rorqual".
Geographic Names...
-
Cetaceans are the
animals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. This list
includes individuals from real life or fiction,
where fictional...
-
Mysticetes include four
extant (living) families:
Balaenopteridae (the
rorquals),
Balaenidae (right whales),
Cetotheriidae (the
pygmy right whale), and...
