Four pictures of Blue Whale for known by subspecies was...

1. Northern Blue Whale (B. m. musculus)
2. Antarctic Blue Whale (B. m. intermedia)
3. Indo-Pacific Blue Whale (B. m. indica)
4. Pygmy Blue Whale (B. m. brevicauda)

Blue Whale

Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-Present Day.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Data Deficient (DD) (by Pygmy Blue Whale)

POPULATIONS TRENDING

Increasing

CLASSIFICATIONS

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)

Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)

Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)

Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)

Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)

Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)

Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)

Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)

Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)

Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)

Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)

Subclass: Theria (Theria)

Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)

Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)

Mangorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)

Clade: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)

Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)

Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)

Clade: Artiodactylamorph (Artiodactylamorpha)

Order: Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla/Cetartiodactyla)

Clade: Cetancodontamorph (Cetancodontamorpha)

Clade: Cetaceopterygian (Cetaceopterygia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, Pearl The Sperm Whale, Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, SpongeBob SquarePants and Sandy Cheeks, Porky Pig and Petunia Pig, Davy The Whale, 2021)

Suborder: Whippomorph (Whippomorpha)

Clade: Cetaceamorph (Cetaceamorpha)

Clade: Cetaceaformes (Cetaceaformes) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Infraorder: Cetacean (Cetaceans/Cetacea)

Clade: Eucetaceamorph (Eucetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Clade: Eucetaceaformes (Eucetaceaformes) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Clade: Eucetaceans (Eucetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Clade: Pelagicete (Pelagiceti)

Clade: Neocete (Neoceti)

Parvorder: Baleen Whale (Mysticeti)

Superfamily: Balaenopteroid (Balaenopteroidea)

Family: Rorqual Whale (Balaenopteridae)

Subfamily: Balenopterines (Balaenopterinae)

Tribes: Balaenopterini (Sandy Cheeks, 2014.)

Genus: Balaenoptera

Species: Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) (Carolus Linnaeus, 1758) (originally as "Balaena musculus")

SUBSPECIES

Northern Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus musculus) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Indo-Pacific Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus indica) (Blyth, 1859)

Antarctic Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) (Burmeister, 1871)

Pygmy Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) (Ichihara, 1966)

Bugs Bunny's Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus bugsbunnyii) (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris, Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Joe Pytka, 1996)

Lola Bunny's Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus lolabunnyii) (Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris, Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Joe Pytka, 1996)

SpongeBob SquarePants's Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus squarepantsii) (SpongeBob SquarePants, Sandy Cheeks, Stephen Hillenburg, 1999)

Sandy Cheeks's Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus sandycheeksii) (SpongeBob SquarePants, Sandy Cheeks, Stephen Hillenburg, 1999)

Maximus Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus maximus) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2014)

Titan Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus titanus) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2024)

NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS

Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS

Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Cetolagomorph (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

PELAGICETI SYNONYMS

Neocetaceamorph (Neocetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Neocetaceaformes (Neocetaceaformes (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

NEOCETI SYNONYMS

Neocetaceans (Neocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

BLUE WHALE'S SYNONYMS

Balaena musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Balaenoptera gibbar (Scoresby, 1820)

Pterobalaena gigas (Van Beneden, 1861)

Physalus latirostris (Flower, 1864)

Sibbaldius borealis (Gray, 1866)

Flowerius gigas (LilljeBorg, 1867)

Sibbaldius sulfureus (Cope, 1869)

Balaenoptera sibbaldii (Sars, 1875)

Sibbaldius musculus (Cope, 1870)

Physalus musculus (Flower, 1863)

Rorqualus musculus (Hassanin, Ropiquet, Sasaki, Nikaido, Rosenbaum and Brownell Jr., 2012)

Crustaceovenator musculus (Chris Bland The Whale 2021)

Piscovenator musculus (Chris Bland The Whale, 2021)

CETOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Living: Worldwide

Diets: Omnivores, ichthyophagous, piscivores, planktivores, filter-feeders they ate seaweeds, kelp, seagrass, sea plants, phytoplankton, and they hunting preying which including Actinopterygii fishes such as mackerels, tunas, sardines, herrings, salmons, and cods; crustaceans such as krills, prawns, shrimps; little animals such as zooplanktons; cephalopods such as hooked squid; they ate scavengers and carrions.

Predation: Other cetaceans like dolphins Alula Whale; basilosaurids Cadborosaurus; other baleen whales House On The Rock Whale; mermaid-like sirens such as Titanosirenius cetophagus or Whale-Eater Siren/Giant Killer Siren

Size: 98-100 feet, 27-43 meters long and 196-219 tons