Rorqual: Family of mammals
Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, with nine species in two genera.
They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the Blue Whale, which can reach 150 tonnes, and another that reaches 70 tons; even the smallest of the group, the Northern Minke Whale, reaches 9 tonnes.
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| Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae | |
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| Family: | Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 |
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