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Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 21,103, February 17,830, March 21,540, April 13,265, May 10,410, June 10,001, July 14,423, August 10,395, September 11,912, October 14,052, November 14,786, December 20,723.
United States224,388
Hawaii180,439
Canada17,832
Newfoundland and Labrador10,176
California4,145
Massachusetts3,528
New Brunswick2,980
Maine2,296
Nova Scotia2,268
Quebec2,219

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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