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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) <!--혹등고래-->
Subject: Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Poster: Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)


Humpback whale's - Megaptera novaeangliae - tail - distinctive markings allow identification of individual

Image ID: anim0800, NOAA's Ark (Animals) Collection
Credit: Captain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps

Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

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Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Common Names:
English – Humpback Whale, Hump Whale, Hunchbacked Whale, Bunch
French – Mégaptère, Baleine à bosse, Baleine à taquet, Jubarte, Rorqual à bosse, Rorqual du Cap
Spanish – Ballena Jorobada, Gubarte, Jorobada, Rorcual Jorobado
Synonyms:
Megaptera nodosa (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Megaptera braziliensis Cope, 1867
Megaptera indica Gervais, 1883
Megaptera lalandii (Fischer, 1829)
Megaptera longimana (Rudolphi, 1832)
Megaptera longipinna Gray, 1846
Megaptera osphya Cope, 1865
Megaptera versabilis Cope, 1869
Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789
Balaena lalandii Fischer, 1829
Balaena longimana Rudolphi, 1832
Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781

Megaptera versabilis
6/15
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