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Baleen Whale Baleen Whales by Jason Cooper, Describes several different kinds of baleen whales, which have jaws lined with plates of baleen instead of teeth
Whales by Judith Hodge, The largest of all the Earth's living animals, varieties of whales include baleen, humpbacks, right whales, sperm whales, narwhales, and belugas. In this book, each type is vividly described, with facts on whale anatomy, its life cycle, and whale "talk". A brief history of whaling and a short essay on the future of whales is included. Part of Barron's "Animals of the Oceans Series". Color photos.
Baleen whale - Balaenidae Sei Whale - The Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) is a large baleen whale, and as such is one of the largest animals in the world. Following large-scale hunting of Sei Whales in the Southern Ocean during middle part of the twentieth century when approximately 200,000 individuals were killed, the Sei Whale is now an internationally protected species. Pygmy Right Whale - The Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) is a baleen whale and as such is a marine mammal of the order cetacea. The whale, which lives in the Southern Hemisphere, was first described by Gray in 1846, and is the sole member of the genus Caperea and the family Neobalaenidae. Humpback Whale - The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. It is a large whale: an adult usually ranges between 12–16 m (40–50 ft long and weighs approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 pounds), or 36 tonnes or metric tons (40 tons). baleenwhale |
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