Mysticeti - Baleen Whales

The baleen apparatus is at its most extravagant in this species. The head is huge, in some species up to 40 per cent of body length. All seven neck vertabrae are fixed into a single unit to support the enormous body weight.

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Baleen Whale Index

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus - The Blue Whale

Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus - The Bowhead Whale

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni - The Bryde's Whale

Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus - The Fin Whale

Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus - The Gray Whale

Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae - The Humpback Whale

Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata - The Minke Whale

Pygmy Right whale Caperea marginata - The Pygmy Right Whale

Right whale Eubalaena australis & glacialis) - The Right Whale

Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis - The Sei Whale

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