Northern fin whale
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The northern fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus physalus) is a subspecies of fin whale that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean.[1] It has been proposed that the northern Pacific population represents a separate subspecies, B. p. velifera.[2][3] At least one other subspecies of fin whale, the southern fin whale (B. p. quoyi), exists in the southern hemisphere.[1]
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Northern fin whale[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Balaenopteridae |
Genus: | Balaenoptera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | B. p. physalus |
Trinomial name | |
Balaenoptera physalus physalus |
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