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Also known as Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Common minke whale

species of mammal

AI overview

A minke whale is a small species of whale that lives in oceans around the world. These marine mammals are important to understand because they help scientists learn about ocean ecosystems and whale populations.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

bagwhale

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassMammalia
  3. OrderCetartiodactyla
  4. FamilyBalaenopteridae
Habitatmarine

Maximum longevity: 50 years (wild) Observations: These animals have been estimated to live up to 50 years in the wild (Bernhard Grzimek 1990).

via IUCN

Research

309 papers

via PubMed

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Encyclopedic overview

The common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.

It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. Although first ignored by whalers due to its small size and low oil yield, it began to be exploited by various countries beginning in the early 20th century. As other species declined, larger numbers of common minke whales were caught, largely for their meat. It is now one of the primary targets of the whaling industry. There is a dwarf form in the Southern Hemisphere.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “minke whale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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