Species Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Humpback whale)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Cetacea
  • ---- family: Balaenopteridae
  • ----- species: Megaptera novaeangliae
Characteristics:carnivore; length: 15m; long, streamlined body with flattened head; black and white coloured back, white underside, the right lower jaw is white the left black; very long flippers, 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
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 258
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/13145079
Date: 2011-06-09
Creator: NOAA
Permission: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/3.0/
Comments: Megaptera novaeangliae

Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui, Hawaii.

Source: NOAA Photo Library sanc 0605. Rotated from original to level horizon.
Source: wikimedia
Permission: PD US NOAA
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/19886885
Date: 2010-08-06
Creator: EOL China Regional Center
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: 中国兽类彩色图谱
线描图:引用自《中国兽类彩色图谱》，2007
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