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Balaenoptera

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Balaenoptera
Fin whale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti
Family: Balaenopteridae
Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Species

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Balaenoptera is the largest genus of the Rorqual whales, containing 8 species including the recently discovered Balaenoptera omurai. The only rorqual whale which is not found in the Balaenoptera genera is the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae.

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