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  2. Humpback whale - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene – Recent Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...

  3. Sperm whale - Wikipedia

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    The sperm whale's unique body is unlikely to be confused with any other species. The sperm whale's distinctive shape comes from its very large, block-shaped head, which can be one-quarter to one-third of the animal's length. The S-shaped blowhole is located very close to the front of the head and shifted to the whale's left. [36]

  4. List of cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    The pygmy right whale shares several characteristics with the right whales, with the exception of having a dorsal fin. Also, pygmy right whales' heads are no more than one quarter the size of their bodies, whereas the right whales' heads are about one-third the size of their bodies. [11] The pygmy right whale is the only extant member of its ...

  5. Baleen whale - Wikipedia

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    Baleen whales range in size from the 6 m (20 ft) and 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) pygmy right whale to the 31 m (102 ft) and 190 t (210 short tons) blue whale, the largest known animal to have ever existed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are sexually dimorphic .

  6. Cetacean intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Spindle cells (neurons without extensive branching) have been discovered in the brains of the humpback whale, fin whale, sperm whale, orca, [15] [16] bottlenose dolphins, Risso's dolphins, and beluga whales. [17] Humans, great apes, and elephants, species all well known for their high intelligence, are the only others known to have spindle cells.

  7. Humpback whale makes one of the longest migrations ever ... - AOL

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    A humpback whale crossed multiple oceans for a massive migration that covered more than 8,000 miles, according to a new study. Humpback whale makes one of the longest migrations ever recorded Skip ...

  8. Cetology of Moby-Dick - Wikipedia

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    For dramatic effect, Melville asserts inaccurately that the sperm whale is the largest creature on Earth. While the blue whale, the true largest whale, was not well-observed at that time, the fin-back whale, the second-largest whale species, was known to whalers and occasionally hunted. The sperm whale is the third-largest whale species. II.

  9. Dwarf sperm whale - Wikipedia

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    Size comparison between the sperm whale (blue), the pygmy sperm whale (green), and the dwarf sperm whale (orange) The dwarf sperm whale can range in size from 2 to 2.7 m (6.6 to 8.9 ft) in length and 136 to 272 kg (300 to 600 lb) in weight—less than the 4.25 m (14 ft) and 417 kg (920 lb) pygmy sperm whale.