Megaptera versabilis = Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale), Balaenoptera davidsoni = Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale)

Query: Humpback whale

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Subject:	Megaptera versabilis = Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale), Balaenoptera davidsoni = Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale)
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Whale comparison Public Domian photo by Charles Melville Scammon for coast of North America (1872).jpg

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Megaptera versabilis = Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale), Balaenoptera davidsoni = Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale)

1. Humpback whale (Megaptera versabilis) 2. Minke whale (Balaenoptera davidsoni) from Natural history of the cetaceans and other marine mammals of the western coast of North America
Date 1872
Source https://www.rawpixel.com/image/328233/1-humpback-whale-megaptera-versabilis-2-minke-whale-balaenoptera-davidsoni-natural-history-cetaceans
Author Charles Melville Scammon (1825–1911)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWhale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_%281872%29.jpg

1. Humpback whale (Megaptera versabilis) = " (Megaptera novaeangliae)
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus Megaptera. Adults range in length from 14–17 m and weigh up to 40 metric tons. The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and tubercles on its head. It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers. Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 16,000 km each year. They feed in polar waters and migrate to tropical or subtropical waters to breed and give birth. Their diet consists mostly of krill and small fish, and they use bubbles to catch prey.
Order: Artiodactyla > Infraorder: Cetacea > Family: Balaenopteridae > Genus: Megaptera > Species: Megaptera novaeangliae

2. Minke whale (Balaenoptera davidsoni) = common minke whale, northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
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. The average length of an adult common minke whale is around 8.5 meters. The common minke whale is dark grey to black in color with a white underside and has white patches behind the head and a distinctive bright white band on the outer part of the pectoral flippers.
Order: Artiodactyla > Infraorder: Cetacea > Family: Balaenopteridae > Genus: Balaenoptera > Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata

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