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Fin Whale/Finnhval (Balaenoptera physalus)

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Northern Fin Whale (B. p. physalus)

Southern Fin Whale (B. p. quoyi)


Fin Whale

Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-Present Day.


CONSERVATION STATUS

Data Deficient (DD)


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 (Placentalians)

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

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

Grandorder: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)

Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)

Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)

Clade: Euungulates (Euungulata)

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)

Clade: Kinetomente (Kinetomenta)

Clade: Chaeomysticete (Chaeomysticeti)

Superfamily: Balaenopteroid (Balaenopteroidea)

Family: Rorqual Whale (Balaenopteridae)

Subfamily: Balenopterines (Balaenopterinae)

Tribes: Balaenopterini (Sandy Cheeks, 2014)

Genus: Balaenoptera

Species: Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) (Carolus Linnaeus, 1758) (originally as "Balaena physalus")


SUBSPECIES

Northern Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus physalus) (Carolus Linnaeus, 1758) (originally as "Balaena physalus physalus")

Southern Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) (Fischer, 1829)


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)


FIN WHALE'S SYNONYMS

Balaena physalus (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 physalus (Cope, 1870)

Physalus physalus (Flower, 1863)

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

Crustaceovenator physalus (Chris Bland The Whale 2021)

Piscovenator physalus (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: 25-29 meters long

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