thumb Baleen The baleenwhale s , also called whalebone whales or great whales , form the Mysticeti , one of two suborders of the Cetacea whales , dolphins , and porpoises . Baleen whales are characterized by having baleen plates for filtering food from water, rather than having teeth . This distinguishes them from the other suborder of cetaceans, the toothed whale s or Odontoceti. Living Mysticeti species have teeth only during the embryo nal phase. Fossil Mysticeti had teeth before baleen evolved ... An alternate name for the suborder is Mystacoceti from Greek moustache whale . ref OED mystacocete ref Anatomy Baleen whales are generally larger than toothed whales, and females are bigger than males. This group includes the largest known animal species, the Blue Whale . File Humpback Whale, blowholes.jpg thumb left Humpback whale with two blowholes clearly visible Baleen whales have ... rspb.2006.3664 ref Janjucetus was a baleenwhale with sharp teeth that hunted fish and squid as well ... indicated that this discovery implies that this whale previously possessed both teeth and baleen ... Ulias The earliest known baleenwhale is Llanocetus , discovered on Seymour Island, Antarctica .... References Reflist Portal Cetaceans Cetacea M. DEFAULTSORT BaleenWhale Category Baleen whales af ...stack Taxobox name Baleen whales ref name msw3 MSW3 Cetacea id 14300002 ref fossil range latest Eocene Recent image Humpback stellwagen edit.jpg image caption Humpback Whale breaching regnum Animal ia ... &sigmaf the whale known as the mouse or Gutter whale was mistakenly run together as &omicron &mu &upsilon ... Solitary or in small groups called pods. Breaching see also whale surfacing behavior In spite of their enormous size, baleen whales are able to leap completely out of the water. They can grow to convert ... accessdate 2009 06 13 ref Particularly known for its acrobatics is the Humpback Whale , but other baleen whales also break through the water surface with their body or beat it loudly with their fin ... more details
intervals. The plates are attached to the jaw at the top, and have hairs at the bottom end. Baleen or whalebone is a filter feeder system inside the mouths of baleenwhale s. The baleen system works when a whale opens its mouth underwater and then water pours into the whale s mouth. The whale then pushes the water out, and animals such as krill are filtered by the baleen and remain as food source for the whale. Baleen is similar to bristles and is made of keratin , the same substance found in human fingernails and hair. Some whales, such as the bowhead whale , have longer baleen than others. Others whales, such as the gray whale , only use one side of their baleen. These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of the whale. Depending on the species, a baleen plate can ... baleen hair or whalebone hair. They are also called baleen bristles, which in sei whale s are highly ... and Development of Blue WhaleBaleen An Annotated Translation of Tycho Tullberg s Classic 1883 ... provides mechanical reinforcement to whalebaleen keratin year 2010 last1 Szewciw first1 L ... catches squid and fish by gripping them against its hard upper jaw . Filter feeding A whale s baleen plates play the most important role in its filter feeding process. In order to feed, a baleenwhale ... commons Baleen Whaling Category Cetaceans Category Whale products zh min nan Keng chhiu bg ca ...Image Baleen.jpg frame Baleen hair is attached to each baleen plate alt Photo displaying dozens of baleen ... Baleen plates are broader at the gumline base . The plates have been compared to sieve s or Window blind Venetian Venetian blind s. Etymology The word baleen derives from Early Modern English word meaning whale . This in turn derives from the Latin balaena , related to the Greek language Greek phalaina &ndash both of these also mean whale . Evolution The oldest true fossil s of baleen are only 15 million years old, but baleen rarely fossilizes, and scientists Who date January 2010 believe it originated ... more details
Mount Baleen coor dm 65 36 S 62 12 W is a prominent Summit topography peak of 910 m and of pyramidal shape when viewed from Larsen Ice Shelf , standing between Rachel and Starbuck Glaciers on the east coast of Graham Land . The naming by United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC is one in a group in this vicinity that reflects a whaling theme. Baleen whales are distinguished by the presence of a sieve of horny baleen whalebone plates suspended from the upper jaw, and by the absence of teeth. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Baleen Category Mountains of Graham Land Category Oscar II Coast GrahamLand geo stub ... more details
s File Baleen parts.png thumb right Features of a blue whale Whales breathe via blowhole biology blowholes ... whale s and baleen whales possess discrete rudimentary appendages, which may even have feet ... s impacts. They have been hunted commercially for whale oil , meat, baleen and ambergris a perfume ... Moby Dick See also colbegin Atlantic Whale Foundation Baleenwhale Beached whale Cetacea Cetacean bycatch ...About a marine mammal pp semi small yes pp move indef Taxobox name Whale fossil range Fossil range 50 ... North Atlantic right whale s, mother and calf regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia subclassis Eutheria ordo Cetacea Whale origin Old English hw l is the common name for various ... volume II page 3611 ref The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes ... whale s . This suborder also includes the sperm whale , killer whale , pilot whale , and beluga whale . The other Cetacean suborder Mysticeti baleenwhale s are filter feeder s that eat small organisms caught by straining seawater through a comblike structure found in the mouth called baleen . This suborder includes the blue whale , the humpback whale , the bowhead whale and the minke whale . All ... openings blowholes on top of the head. Whales range in size from the blue whale, the largest organism ... sperm whale at convert 3.5 m ft abbr on . Whales collectively inhabit all the world s oceans ... from 3 to 13 . ref cite web url http www.iwcoffice.org conservation estimate.htm table title Whale ... to the end of whaling in all but a few countries. Taxonomy See also List of whale species Cetaceans are divided into two suborders The largest suborder, Mysticeti baleen whales are characterized by baleen, a sieve like structure in the upper jaw made of keratin , which it uses to filter plankton ... missing link between the whale and its closest relative, the hippo last Anon date 25 January 2005 work ... right 220px Ambulocetus natans a primitive whale See also Evolution of cetaceans All cetaceans ... more details
The Whale may refer to The Whale poem The Whale , a poem in Old English The Whale film The Whale , a film starring Ryan Reynolds The Whale ELO song The Whale ELO song The Whale Tavener The Whale Tavener , a cantata by John Tavener Moby Dick or, The Whale , a novel by Herman Melville Hartford Whalers , a former NHL franchise nicknamed the whale See also Whale disambiguation dab ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Or, The Whale image Or The Whale Fillmore.jpg caption Or, The Whale performing at Fillmore West image size background group or band origin San Francisco , California genre Americana music Americana , Country rock , Country music Country years active 2006 Present label Seany Records associated acts website http orthewhale.com www.orthewhale.com current members Alex Robins br Matt Sartain br Lindsay Garfield br Julie Ann Thomasson br Justin Fantl br Jesse Hunt br Tim Marcus Or, The Whale is a San Francisco based Americana music Americana band, formed in 2006 in music 2006 . The group has released two albums, Light Poles and Pines in 2007 and Or, The Whale in 2009. ref name Allmusic Bio cite web url Allmusic class artist id p1083337 pure url yes title Or, The Whale publisher Allmusic accessdate 2009 11 11 ref The name of the band is derived from the alternative title of Herman Melville s book Moby Dick Moby Dick or, The Whale . ref name Review Allmusic class album id r1620258 pure url yes Allmusic.com Review for Or, The Whale . Accessed November 16th, 2009. ref History The group was formed through the website Craigslist , where bandmembers Alex Robins and Matt Sartain guitar and vocals posted an advertisement titled Wanna Form a Sweet Country Rock Band? . ref name Bio cite web url http orthewhale.com bio.php title Or, The Whale Biography publisher Or, The Whale.com accessdate 2009 11 11 ref They recruited fellow vocalist Lindsay Garfield from a listing ... s, and Tim Marcus on pedal steel guitar. ref name Bio Or, The Whale released their debut album, Light ... effort, eponymously titled Or, The Whale on 15 September 2009, on Seany Records. ref cite web url http mp3.rhapsody.com or the whale or the whale title Or, The Whale on Rhapsody publisher Rhapsody.com .... ref name Bio Recognition Or, The Whale were featured on Good Morning America performing live, and have ... or the whale sophomore album tour Article on Or, The Whale, on Synthesis Magazine Accessed 2009 11 11 ... more details
italictitle About the oil skimming vessel the marine mammal Whale Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File A Whale.jpg 300px Ship caption A Whale conducting a test run of its oil skimming capabilities as part of the Deepwater Horizon response July 4, 2010. Infobox ship career Hide header Ship name A Whale Ship owner Taiwan Maritime Transport Co. Ltd. TMT br Republic of China Taiwan Ship operator Ship registry LBR , Monrovia Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd br Ulsan , South Korea Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship ... mt cite web title Vessel s Details and Current Position A WHALE 9424209 url http www.marinetraffic.com ... 13.7 kn abbr on Ship capacity Ship crew Ship notes ref name mt ref cite web title A Whale url ... supertankers bulkers id453.htm archivedate 7 July 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref A Whale ... has four other sister ship s in the fleet, named in succession B Whale , C Whale , D Whale , and E Whale . ref cite web author title Our Fleet url http www.nosship.com index.php?option com content&view ... , Louisiana . The ship s owners stated that A Whale is capable of separating convert 300000 to 500000 ... 07 04?reflink MW news stmp accessdate 9 September 2010 ref A Whale arrived in the Gulf of Mexico ... Gulf Oil Spill A Whale Of A Skimmer Offers Up Its Services url http www.huffingtonpost.com 2010 06 29 gulf oil spill a whale of n 629575.html work The Huffington Post date 29 June 2010 accessdate 3 July ... 2010 06 29 gulf oil spill a whale of n 629575.html? archivedate 3 July 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref However, in two weeks of testing A Whale collected virtually no oil. TMT stated that the ship ... 07 17 whale operational review completed title A Whale Operational Review Completed work Restore ... External links http www.vesseltracker.com en Ships A Whale 9424209.html A Whale IMO 9424209 at VesselTracker ... by Hyundai Heavy Industries Category Deepwater Horizon oil spill cs A Whale de A Whale ru A Whale zh ... more details
Infobox Paranormalcreatures Creature Name Giglioli& 39 s Whale Image Name Amphiptera pacifica.jpg Image Caption As drawn by Giglioli himself Sub Grouping Whale AKA Amphiptera pacifica Country Chile , Scotland Region Grouping Cryptid Habitat Water First Reported 1867 legend Last Sighted 1983 Status Unconfirmed Giglioli s Whale Amphiptera pacifica is a purported species of whale observed by Enrico Hillyer Giglioli . It is described as having two dorsal fin s, a feature which no known whales have. The species is not recognized by the general scientific community. Accounts On September 4, 1867 on board a ship called the Magenta about 1200 miles off the coast of Chile, the zoologist spotted a species of whale which he could not recognize. It was very close to the ship too close to shoot with a cannon and was observed for a quarter of an hour, allowing Giglioli to make very detailed observations. The whale looked overall similar to a rorqual , 60 feet 18 m long with an elongated body, but the most notable difference was the presence of two large dorsal fins about 6.5 feet 2 m apart. No known whales have twin dorsal fins the rorqual only has a single fin and some other whales have none. Other unusual features include the presence of two long sickle shaped flippers and a lack of furrows present under the throats of rorquals. Another report of a two finned whale of roughly the same size was recorded from the ship Lily off the coast of Scotland the following year. In 1983 between Corsica and the French mainland, French zoologist Jacques Maigret sighted a similar looking creature. Existence Classification Although it has not been proven to exist, it was given a classification by Giglioli. However, scientists would most likely classify the whale under Balaenopteridae , large baleenwhalebaleen whales . Possible explanations The whale may have been a mutation genetic mutation , similar to humans born with Polydactyly . Another cryptid with two dorsal fins is the fabled Rhinoceros ... more details
Taxobox name Whale lice image Cyamus boopis dorsal .jpg image caption female Cyamus boopis regnum Animal ... animal Platycyamus Scutocyamus Sirenocyamus Syncyamus A whale louse is a parasitism parasitic crustacean ... of which are found in shallower waters. Whale lice are external parasites, found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostril s and eyes of marine mammal s of the order Cetacea . These include not only whale s but also dolphin s and porpoise s. Appearance The body of a whale louse is distinctly flat and considerably ... mm in sigfig 1 depending on the species. Way of life Most species of whale lice are associated with a single species of whale . They remain with their host throughout their development and do not experience a free swimming phase. Although the relationship between a specific species of whale louse and a specific species of whale is more pronounced with baleenwhale s than with toothed whale s, almost every species of whale has a louse species that is unique to it. With the sperm whale , the parasitic relationship is sex specific. The whale louse Cyamus catodontis lives exclusively on the skin of the male, while Neocyamus Neocyamus physeteris is found only on females and calves. Whale lice attach ... in natural body openings and in wounds with baleen whales they are found primarily on the head and in the ventral pleats. Around 7,500 whale lice live on a single whale. ref cite news title Crablike Whale Lice Show How Endangered Cetaceans Evolved url http www.utah.edu unews releases 05 sep whalelice.html date September 14, 2005 publisher University of Utah ref With some species of whale lice, barnacle infestation plays an important role. On the right whale , the parasites live mainly on callosity ... contrast with the dark skin of the whale, and help researchers identify individual whales because ... minor skin damage, but this does not lead to significant illness. The development of the whale louse ... migratory patterns. File Orange whale lice right whale.jpg thumb Orange whale lice on a right whale ... more details
of smell, as well as their saliva glands. Except for the Sperm Whale , most toothed whales are smaller than the baleenwhale s. The teeth differ considerably between the species. They may be numerous ... of cetaceans or Toothed whale Taxonomy below . diversity link List of cetaceans Portal Cetaceans The toothed whale s systematic name Odontoceti form a suborder of the cetacean s, including sperm whale s, beaked whale s, dolphin s, and others. As the name suggests, the suborder is characterized by the presence of teeth rather than the baleen of other whales. Anatomy Toothed whales have a single blowhole biology blowhole on the top of the head while the baleen whales possess two of them . ref name ... the other. As an adaptation for their Animal echolocation echolocation , toothed whale skulls have become .... Not all species are believed to use their teeth for feeding. For instance, the Sperm Whale likely ... entanglement in fishing gear , competition with fisheries, ship strikes, tourism whale watching and dolphin ... small whales mostly Bottlenose Dolphin s, Orca s, or Beluga whale Belugas in captivity is a great ... for large spaces. The sperm whale has been hunted commercially for a long time see whaling . While small whales like the Pilot Whale today are still being pursued, the main threat for most species is accidental ... Seas. The global UNEP Convention on Migratory Species currently covers seven toothed whale species ... Lissodelphis syn. Tursio, Leucorhamphus Northern Right Whale Dolphin , Lissodelphis borealis Southern Right Whale Dolphin , Lissodelphis peronii Subfamily Orcininae Genus Feresa Pygmy Killer Whale ... Whale , Globicephala melas Short finned Pilot Whale , Globicephala macrorhyncus Genus Grampus genus ..., Ophysia, Gladiator Orca Killer Whale , Orcinus orca Genus Peponocephala Melon headed Whale , Peponocephala ... snouted Dolphin , Platalearostrum hoekmani Genus Pseudorca syn. Neorca False Killer Whale , Pseudorca ... Genus Delphinapterus Beluga whale , Delphinapterus leucas Subfamily Monodontinae Genus Monodon ... more details
the Bryde s whale Bryde s and sei whale s. It is perhaps more closely related to its larger cousin, the blue whale . ref name description Wada, S., Oishi, M., and Yamada, T.K. 2003. A newly discovered species of living baleenwhale. Nature 426 278 281. ref ref cite journal author Sasaki, T., Nikaido ... is a newly discovered baleenwhale that represents an ancient evolutionary lineage journal Molecular ... image Omura.jpg image caption Illustration of Omura s whale by Watanabe Yoshimi regnum Animal ia ... al., 2003 Omura s whale Balaenoptera omurai is a species of rorqual about which very little is known ... year 2008 location London url ref The scientific description of this whale was made in the November ... island in the Sea of Japan . Later abundant genetic evidence confirmed Omura s whale as a valid species ... Wada, Oishi, and Yamada, 2003 id 770889 ref Description Omura s whale is among the smallest of the rorquals only the two species of Minke whale are smaller . Of the six specimens taken during Japanese ... old and the latter 38 years old. ref Yamada, T. K. 2008. Omura s whale Balaenoptera omurai , pp. 799 ... ed. Academic Press, San Diego, 1315 pp. ref Its appearance resembles the larger fin whale , both .... Its dorsal fin is similar to Bryde s whale, being very falcate and rising at a steep angle but it is more ... 80 90 ventral pleats, which extend past the navel. Its 180 210 pairs of baleen plates are short ... s whale appears to be restricted to the shelf and nearshore areas of tropical and subtropical waters ... recently incidentally caught in set nets in Japan. Conservation The Omura s whale is listed on Appendix ... s whale is covered by the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Their Habitats ... whale Omura s Whale ref In October 2010, sightseers encountered and photographed up to 15 individuals ... oceans.wildiaries.com trips 10341 Is this a new Great Whale ? ref References Reflist Cetacea M. External ... of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region Category Baleen whales ... more details
Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Cetacea subordo baleenwhale Mysticeti familia rorqual Balaenopteridae ... of suborder baleenwhale Mysticeti , also called the whalebone whales or great whales, as long ago as the middle ... that are a distinctive characteristic of baleen whales. The whale s skin is often marked by pits or wounds ... 116 ref The sei whale looks similar to other large baleen whales. The best way to distinguish between it and Bryde s whale , apart from differences in baleen plates, is by the presence of lateral ridges ... the water out through the baleen , trapping any food items inside its mouth. The sei whale feeds near ... M. DEFAULTSORT Sei Whale Category Arctic cetaceans Category Baleen whales Category Mammals of Japan ...featured article pp move indef Taxobox name Sei whale ref name MSW3 MSW3 Cetacea id 14300014 ref image Balaenoptera borealis 3.jpg image caption A sei whale feeding at the surface. image2 Sei whale size.svg ... Lesson Lesson , 1828 range map Cypron Range Balaenoptera borealis.svg range map caption Sei whale ... laticeps small Flower, 1864 small Rudolphius laticeps small Gray, 1868 small The sei whale IPAc en icon s e or IPAc en s a , Balaenoptera borealis, is a baleenwhale , the third largest rorqual after the blue whale and the fin whale . ref name mfr cite journal author S.L. Perry coauthors D.P. ... Gambell, R. year 1985 chapter Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 title Handbook of Marine ... of water. The sei whale migrates annually from cool and subpolar waters in summer to winter in temperateness .... Payne title Draft Recovery Plan for the Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus and Sei Whale Balaenoptera ..., Maryland url http www.cresli.org cresli pdf 20documents finwhale.pdf format PDF ref the sei whale ... of up to convert 50 km h mph 27 knot unit knots over short distances. ref name adw The whale ... of Norway at the same time of the year as the sei whale. ref name acs cite web url http www.acsonline.org factpack SeiBrydesWhales.htm title Sei Whale & Bryde s Whale Balaenoptera borealis & Balaenoptera ... more details
extant baleen whales and two sperm whale species author Arnason, U., Gullberg A. & Widegren, B ... of baleenwhale s. The minke whale was given its official designation ref It had been inaccurately ... Zwergwalskelett.jpg right thumb 300px Minke whale skeleton, Museum Koenig , University of Bonn . The minke whales are the second smallest baleenwhale only the pygmy right whale is smaller ... Minke Whale Category Baleen whales Category Fauna of Ireland Category Mammals of Europe Category ...Taxobox name Minke whale status LC status system iucn3.1 image minke.jpg image caption A surfacing minke whale, Skj lfandi, Iceland image2 Minke whale size.svg image2 caption Size compared to an average ... whale IPAc en icon m k i , or lesser rorqual , is a name given to two species of marine mammal ... , possibly after a Norway Norwegian whaler named Meincke, who mistook a northern minke whale for a blue whale. ref cite web url http dictionary.reference.com browse minke title Dictionary.com accessdate 2007 08 30 ref Taxonomy Most modern classifications split the minke whale into two species Common minke whale or northern minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata , and Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis . ref MSW3 Cetacea ref Taxonomy Taxonomists further categorize the common minke whale into two or three subspecies the North Atlantic minke whale, the North Pacific minke whale and dwarf minke whale. All minke whales are part of the rorqual s, a family that includes the humpback whale , the fin whale , the Bryde s whale , the sei whale and the blue whale ... whale B. a. scammoni Scammon s minke whale and a further taxonomically unnamed subspecies found in the Southern Hemisphere to which he gave the common name the dwarf minke whale first described by Best, 1986 . On at least one occasion, an Antarctic minke whale has been confirmed migrating to the Arctic ... minke whale and an Antarctic minke whale has been confirmed. ref name arctic ref name hybrid cite ... more details
the bones. He had assembled a number of whale skeletons in his career, but never a blue whale the largest creature that has ever lived on earth. With the generous help of scores of volunteers ... whale bone samples borrowed from Harvard University , casts were made out of fiberglass and then painted ... ref References reflist 2 Category Baleen whales Category Individual cetaceans Category History of Rhode ... Park Category Tankers Category Whale collisions with ships Category Maritime incidents in 1998 ... more details
File Jonahsperm.png thumb A 19th century label from a container of Jonah Sperm Oil NOTOC Whale oil or train oil is oil obtained from whale s. This was sourced from the blubber of the three species of right whale North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica , North Atlantic Right Whale E. glacialis , and Southern Right Whale E. australis and the bowhead whale Balaena mysicetus as well as several other species of baleenwhale or in the case of sperm whale oil, from the head cavities of the sperm whale . The term train oil was originally specific to right whale oil, but this term has been applied ... oils. Whale oil flows readily, is clear, and varies in colour from a bright honey yellow ... oil is the oil from the head cavity of the sperm whale. The oil from the sperm whale s blubber is just a common whale oil. A large sperm whale can hold as much as three tons of sperm oil. Stearin and spermaceti ... is known as whale tallow , and the oil from which it is removed is known as pressed whale oil, yet is sometimes passed as sperm oil. The first principal use of whale oil was as an illuminant in oil lamp ... , such as the Nootka . Whale oil later came to be used in oiling wools for combing and other uses. It was the first ... Rust Oleum . Whale oil s predominant place in society was mostly eliminated with the development ... led to petroleum based waxes and oils replacing whale oils in most nonfood applications. Sperm whale oil was however still a key component in automatic transmission fluid until 1972. ref http www.epa.ohio.gov ..., sperm whale oil was the transmission additive of choice a component of Dexron ITM . Sperm whale ... International Whaling Commission IWC moratorium on commercial whaling, whale oil has all but ceased ... Combs, and C.V. Hanson year 1990 postscript . ref In literature and memoirs The pursuit and use of whale ... is emphasized when the fictional narrator notes that whale oil is as rare as the milk of queens. John ... clipper , 1851 clipper, first whale oil charter from Honolulu References reflist Further reading http ... more details
. ref Range and habitat The bowhead whale is the only baleenwhale that spends its entire life in and around ... The bowhead whale has been whaling hunted for blubber , meat, whale oil oil , bones, and baleen ...Taxobox name Bowhead whale ref name msw3 MSW3 Cetacea id 14300005 ref status LC status system iucn3.1 ... Bowheads42.jpg image2 Bowhead whale size.svg image2 caption Size comparison against an average human ... Cypron Range Balaena mysticetus.svg range map caption Bowhead whale range The bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus is a baleenwhale of the right whale family Balaenidae in Suborder biology suborder Mysticeti . A stocky dark colored whale without a dorsal fin , it can grow to convert 20 m ft abbr on in length ... Whale editor Perrin, W. Wursig, B. and Thewissen, J. page 131 publisher Academic Press year 2008 isbn ref second only to the blue whale , although the bowhead s maximum length is less than several other ... that migrate to feed or reproduce to low latitude waters. It is also known as Greenland right whale or Arctic whale . American whalemen called it the Steeple top , Polar whale , ref Scammon 1874 . ref or Russia or Russian whale . The bowhead is perhaps the longest living mammal , and has the largest mouth of any animal. ref name guinness record cite web author Guinness World Records title Whale ... 2012 Taxonomy See also Evolution of cetaceans Carl Linnaeus described the bowhead whale in the 10th ... 265100 ref The bowhead whale currently occupies a monotypic genus , separate from the other right whale s, as it has done since the work of John Edward Gray Gray in 1821. Little genetic evidence supports ... mya unit Mya to early Pleistocene 1.5 Mya , may be the same as the modern bowhead whale. The earlier ... dating back 23 million years. Description The bowhead whale has a robust, dark colored body, no dorsal fin and a strongly bowed lower jaw and narrow upper jaw. Its baleen , the longest of any whale at convert 3 m ft abbr on , strains tiny prey from the water. The whale has a massive bony skull which ... more details
Taxobox name Coronulidae image Cryptolepas rachianecti Dall 1872.jpg image caption Cryptolepas rhachianecti regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a subphylum Crustacean Crustacea classis Maxillopoda infraclassis Barnacle Cirripedia ordo Sessilia subordo Balanomorpha superfamilia Coronuloidea familia Coronulidae familia authority William Elford Leach Leach , 1817 ref ITIS id 89671 taxon Coronulidae accessdate September 20, 2010 ref subdivision ranks Genera subdivision Cetopirus Coronula Cryptolepas Polylepas Xenobalanus Whale barnacles are barnacle s belonging to the family Coronulidae . Whale barnacles attach themselves to the bodies of baleen whales during the barnacles s free swimming crustacean larvae larval stage . Though often described as parasites, the relationship is an example of wikt obligate obligate commensalism , as the barnacles neither harm, nor benefit, their host. ref name Nogata2006 cite journal author Yasuyuki Nogata & Kiyotaka Matsumura year 2006 title Larval development and settlement of a whale barnacle journal Biology Letters volume 2 issue 1 pages 92 93 doi 10.1098 rsbl.2005.0409 pmid 17148335 pmc 1617185 url http rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org content 2 1 92 ref A number of taxa formerly treated as subfamilies of Corolunidae are now considered separate families in their own right, including the turtle barnacles in the family Chelonibiidae . ref cite journal author Ryota Hayashi year 2012 title Atlas of the barnacles on marine vertebrates in Japanese waters including taxonomic review of superfamily Coronuloidea Cirripedia Thoracica journal Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 92 issue 1 pages 107 127 doi 10.1017 S0025315411000737 ref References reflist 32em External links wikispecies inline Coronulidae Category Barnacles crustacean stub fa ... more details
s whale at surface The Bryde s whale is a baleenwhale, more specifically a rorqual belonging to the same ... on ca.wiki for the two species DEFAULTSORT Bryde s Whale Category Baleen whales Category Fauna ... s whale size.svg image2 caption Size comparison against an average human regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata ... range map2 Balaenoptera brydei range.png range map2 caption Bryde s Whale range Bryde s whales IPAc en icon b r u d respell BREW d are baleenwhale s, the great whales or rorqual s. They prefer tropical and temperate waters over the polar seas that other whale s in their family biology family ... to sei whale s and almost as large. The whales are named after Norway Norwegian consul to South .... Three genetically distinct, candidate species subspecies morphologies, Bryde s whale B. brydei , Bryde s Eden s whale B. edeni , ref Olsen, 1913 ref and Omura s whale B. omurai , ref Wada, Oishi ... Omura s whale , a pygmy , is only recently described and reaches only convert 37.5 39 ft . ref name ... s Whale Balaenoptera edeni accessdate December 2009 ref They were not described until 1878, from a stranded ..., scientists grouped them in a single species , B. edeni , retaining Bryde s whale as the common .... Like other rorquals, it has no teeth, but has two rows of baleen plates. The head of Bryde ... 250 410 coarse gray baleen plates up to convert 40 cm long. Forty to 70 ventral pleats are located on the animal s underside. Omura s whales have 180 210 baleen plates on each side and 80 90 ventral pleats. Bryde s whale is unique amongst rorquals in that it has three longitudinal ridges on its Rostrum anatomy rostrum , from the tip of the snout back to the blowhole. Sei whale s, with which they are often ... attacks. Omuras have asymmetrical head coloring, similar to fin whale s. ref name NOAA Behavior .... Uniquely among baleen whales, some populations do not migrate. The distribution of Omura s whales ... in 1991, off Central California in the last couple decades. ref Bryde s Whale Balaenoptera edeni Eastern ... more details
Image Whale Watching.jpg 300px thumb Whale watching off the coast of Bar Harbor, Maine alt Photo from boat showing backs of heads of 8 people and two whales surfacing in background Whale watching is the practice of observing whale s and other cetacean s in their natural habitat. Whales are watched most ... million people went whale watching globally in 2008. Whale watching generated 2.1 billion per annum ..., H., & Knowles, T., 2009, Whale Watching Worldwide tourism numbers, expenditures and expanding ... the best use of whales as a natural resource . History Organized whale watching dates back to 1950 when the Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego was declared a public venue for observing Gray Whale s. In 1955 the first water based whale watching commenced in the same area, charging customers ... commenced the first commercial whale watching activity on the eastern side of North America, offering trips in the St. Lawrence River to view Fin Whale Fin and Beluga Whale s. By 1985 more visitors ... to the relatively dense population of Humpback Whale s, whose acrobatic behavior such as breaching jumping out of the water and tail slapping thrilled observers, and the close proximity of whale populations to the large cities there. Whale watching tourism has grown substantially since the mid 1980s. International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW has commissioned three worldwide surveys of the whale watching ... people went whale watching, up from 9 million ten years earlier. Commercial whale watching operations were found in 119 countries. Direct revenue of whale watching trips was estimated at US 872.7 million and indirect revenue of 2,113.1 million was spent by whale watchers in tourism related businesses. ref ibid http www.ifaw.org whalewatchingworldwide ref Whale watching is of particular importance ... whaling. Conservation File Whale watching australia.jpg thumb Whale watching operator giving a talk about whales and their conservation The rapid growth of the number of whale watching trips and the size ... more details
small Balaenoptera sibbaldii small Georg Ossian Sars Sars , 1875 small The blue whale Balaenoptera musculus is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleenwhale s called Mysticeti . ref name ... control region sequences of all extant baleen whales and two sperm whale species author Arnason, U ... seen in other baleen species. Image Bl 4.JPG thumb left Aerial view of a blue whale showing both ... ships and the use of steam driven whale catchers, the catch of blue whales, and baleen whales ... Balaenoptera musculus Mysticeti baleen whale.jpg thumb left A blue whale surfaces off Santa Cruz Island ... Whale Category Baleen whales Category Cetaceans of Australia Category Conservation reliant species ...about the blue whale other uses blue whale disambiguation pp semi small yes pp move indef Taxobox name Blue whale ref name msw3 MSW3 Mead pages 725 ref status EN status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name ... Adult blue whale from the eastern Pacific Ocean image2 Blue whale size.svg image2 caption Size compared ... subdivision Pygmy blue whale B. m. brevicauda small Ichihara, 1966 small ? B. m. indica small ... small range map Cypron Range Balaenoptera musculus.svg range map caption Blue whale range in blue ... Works accessdate 2007 05 29 ref Long and slender, the blue whale s body can be various shades of bluish .... intermedia of the Southern Ocean and B. m. brevicauda also known as the pygmy blue whale found in the Indian ... subspecies. As with other baleen whales, its diet consists almost exclusively of small crustacean s known ... blue whale e.pdf publisher Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada year 2002 title Assessment and Update Status Report on the Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus accessdate 2007 04 19 format ... seeks clues to pygmy whale url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 3003564.stm accessdate April ... the humpback whale , the fin whale , Bryde s whale , the sei whale and the minke whale . ref name ... diverged from each other. The blue whale is usually classified as one of eight species in the genus ... more details
versabilis small Cope, 1869 small The humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae is a species of baleenwhalebaleenwhale . One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from convert 12 16 m ft ... whale Balaenoptera physalus , and possibly to the gray whale Eschrichtius robustus , than it is to rorquals such as the minke whale s. ref cite journal title Cetacean mitochondrial DNA control region sequences of all extant baleen whales and two sperm whale species author Arnason, U., Gullberg A. & Widegren ... has the most diverse feeding repertoire of all baleenwhale s. ref name Recplan91 cite book publisher ...Scroll down below table text to edit this article pp semi indef pp move indef Taxobox name Humpback whale ... iucn image Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg image2 Humpback whale size.svg image2 caption Size compared ... Humpback whale range synonyms Balaena gibbosa small Erxleben, 1777 small B. boops small Fabricius ... long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often Whale surfacing behaviour breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex Whale sounds song , which lasts for 10 ..., humpbacks are now sought by whale watching whale watchers , particularly off parts of Australia , New ... tree of animals related to the humpback whale small clades clade style font size 75 line height 75 1 clade 1 clade 1 B. bonaerensis southern minke whale 2 B. acutorostra northern minke whale 2 clade 1 clade 1 B. physalus fin whale 2 clade 1 B. edeni pygmy Bryde s whale 2 clade 1 B. borealis Sei whale 2 B. brydei Bryde s whale 2 clade 1 B. musculus blue whale 2 Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale 3 Eschrichtius robustus gray whale File Humpback Whale, blowholes.jpg thumb Young whale with blowholes ... the blue whale , the fin whale , the Bryde s whale , the sei whale and the minke whale . The rorquals ... The McGraw Hill Companies chapter Whale Evolution author Gingerich P authorlink Philip D. Gingerich ... the rorquals. The humpback whale was first identified as baleine de la Nouvelle Angleterre by Mathurin ... more details
International Whaling Commission has designated two whale sanctuaries Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary disambig Category Whale sanctuaries ... more details
Whale Island is the name of several islands, including Whale Island, Canada Whale Island, New Zealand Whale Island, United Kingdom Whale Island, an List of Torres Strait Islands W island in the Torres Strait , Queensland, Australia geodis de Whale Island sk Whale Island ... more details
baleenwhale s consisting of two genus genera in the family Balaenidae of Order biology order Cetacea ... whale Behavior breach jump clear of the sea surface , tail slap and lobtail . Like other baleen ... the whale s interest be large enough that the baleen plates can filter it and be slow enough that it cannot ... with calf.jpg image caption A female North Atlantic Right Whale with her calf in the ocean. image2 Right whale size.svg image2 caption Size comparison against an average human regnum Animal ia phylum ... Whale Eubalaena australis br North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis br North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica range map Eubalaena range map.png range map caption Range of the Eubalaena species. synonyms Halibalaena Gray, 1873 Hunterius Gray, 1866 type species Southern Right Whale ... plausible rationale, nobody actually knows how the right whale got its name. The earliest references to the right whale offer no indication why it was called that, and some who have studied the issue ... . ref Today, instead of hunting them, people often whale watching watch these acrobatic animals for pleasure ... the largest, the Arctic dwelling bowhead whale , with the rest. All four are included in the taxonomic ... focuses on the three species of the genus Eubalaena . A fifth species of right whale was proposed by Emmanuel Swedenborg in the 18th century the so called Swedenborg whale . The description of this putative ... who realised that they belong to a species of whale. The existence of this species has been and is currently ... Taxonomy The bowhead whale is currently considered a separate species and was given its own genus ... see greater differences among the three Balaenoptera species than between them and the Bowhead Whale ... ref Three Eubalaena species theory Image Southern right whale6.jpg thumb left alt Whale at surface Southern right whale in the breeding grounds at Peninsula Vald s in Patagonia Genetic evidence demonstrates ... million years, confirming that the southern right whale is a distinct species. More surprising ... more details
Black whale is a vernacular name for certain whale s. It may be encountered as a colloquial or as a quasi scientific term. In whaling jargon, the Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus of the Physeteridae was sometimes known as the black whale Black Whale is a name for a presumed Right Whale species in the Balaenidae . It was also called Northern Right Whale but has more recently been separated into North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica The Black Whale , a 1934 German film dab ... more details
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