Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
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About Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Mammals
- Order: Cetacea
- Family: Balaenopteridae
Found in the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Indian Oceans, with a range that extends from the periphery of drift-ice in polar seas to the tropics (5). Three main populations persist: one in the southern hemisphere, one in the North Pacific and one in the North Atlantic (4). It is thought that less than 5,000 individuals remain (2).
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