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Whales are a
widely distributed and
diverse group of
fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an
informal and
colloquial grouping, they
correspond to...
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Whaling is the
hunting of
whales for
their usable products such as meat and blubber,
which can be
turned into a type of oil that was
important in the Industrial...
- The orca (Orcinus orca), or
killer whale, is a
toothed whale and the
largest member of the
oceanic dolphin family. It is the only
extant species in the...
- The
humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a
species of
baleen whale. It is a
rorqual (a
member of the
family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
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extant species in the
sperm whale family,
along with the
pygmy sperm whale and
dwarf sperm whale of the
genus Kogia. The
sperm whale is a
pelagic mammal with...
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bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a
species of
baleen whale belonging to the
family Balaenidae and is the only
living representative of the genus...
- The
beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/;
Delphinapterus leucas) is an
Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two
members of the
family Monodontidae, along...
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beaked whale,
containing just two species: the
Northern and
Southern bottlenose whales.
While not in the
genus Hyperoodon, Longman's
beaked whales are alternatively...
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Cetacea (/sɪˈteɪʃə/; from
Latin cetus '
whale', from
Ancient Gr**** κῆτος (kêtos) 'huge fish, sea monster') is an
infraorder of
aquatic mammals belonging...
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Mesoplodont whales are 16
species of
toothed whale in the
genus Mesoplodon,
making it the
largest genus in the
cetacean order. Two
species were described...
