Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Cetacea
- ---- family: Balaenopteridae
- ----- species: Balaenoptera musculus
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Characteristics: | carnivore; length: 25-33m; long, streamlined body with flattened head; blue-grey coloured back, lighter underside; flippers are pointed, the dorsal fin is set far back along the body; a number of grooves, and pleats are running from throat and chest to the abdomen; |
Countries: | - MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
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References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 256 |