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Blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
The blue whale is the largest animal ever known and eats tiny shrimp-like krill.
3 articles3 topics
Specimen label
- Group
- Mammals Mammalia
- Order › family
- Artiodactyla › Balaenopteridae
- Diet
- Filter feeders
- Habitat
- Open ocean
- Where it lives
- Oceans worldwide
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
Predators & threats
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Comparisons
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Relatives in Balaenopteridae
The Balaenopteridae family →
Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae