blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

Query: whale

Result: 483^rd of 1597

Subject:	blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
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Title: The American Museum journal
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_American_Museum_journal_(c1900-(1918))_(18159564565).jpg

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales (Mysticeti). It is the largest animal known to have ever existed. Blue whales were abundant in nearly all the oceans on Earth but their numbers have been greatly reduced due to whaling.

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