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Eden's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 703, February 594, March 717, April 442, May 347, June 333, July 480, August 346, September 397, October 468, November 492, December 690.
United States6,111
Hawaii6,008
California40
Virginia13
Maryland13
Thailand9
Louisiana5
Georgia4
Phetchaburi Province4
China2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • Filter feederFeeds by filtering suspended food particles from water.Checked by the maintainer

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyRorquals · Balaenopteridae
GenusBalaenoptera

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