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Topic: Balaenopteridae

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	Rorqual - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taxonomically the Balaenopteridae (rorqual) family is split into two sub-families - Balaenopterinae and Megapterinae.
		However, the phylogeny of the various rorqual species shows the current division is paraphyletic, and may need to be adjusted.
		The discovery of an eighth member of the Balaenopteridae family was announced in November 2003 - specimens of the Balaenoptera omurai, which looks similar to, if smaller than, the Fin Whale were found in Indo-Pacific waters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balaenopteridae (429 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
		The fin whale is a rorqual, belonging to the family Balaenopteridae.
		Like other whales from the family Balaenopteridae,, fin whales have a streamlined body and a broad, flat V-shaped head with a well-developed ridge from the two blowholes towards the end of the rostrum.
		Fin whales are among the fastest of the rorquals, capable of bursts of speed up to 25 knots they are often referred to as the greyhounds of the sea.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20040928_log_transcript.html (1371 words)

	Minke whales - Biology
		Balaenopteridae or rorqual whales, a family of whales that have baleen and many throat grooves which distend when feeding.
		Minke whales, like the other members of the Balaenopteridae have long slender bodies.
		The minke whale has a very distinctive narrow, pointed rostrum and a single prominent head ridge.
	www.projectminke.com /biology.htm (608 words)

	Whale Watching Photo, Whale Watching photos, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography :: Online Photo Search
		Only a small portion of the whale, which dwarfs the boat and may be 70 feet or more in length, can be seen.
		Keywords: balaenoptera musculus, balaenopteridae, blue whale, cetacean, endangered, marine mammal, mysticete, rorqual
		Keywords: balaenopteridae, cetacean, endangered, hawaii, humpback whale, marine mammal, megaptera novaeangliae, mysticete, rorqual
	oceanlight.com /lightbox.php?x=whale_watching__whale__cetacean__animal (1062 words)

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		The four modern families of mysticetes are believed to have developed from these early baleen whales.
		The Balaenopteridae family, of which the blue whale is a member, appears to have developed from the Cetotheriidae sometime in the Miocene, although the fossil evidence is not complete (see Fig.
		The blue whale can be found in all of the world’s oceans.
	bss.sfsu.edu /geog/bholzman/courses/fall99projects/bluewhale.htm (1054 words)

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		The Bryde’s whale (pronounced Broodahs) is a baleen whale from the family Balaenopteridae – the rorqual whales.
		A rorqual whale – such as fin, minke, blue, sei and humpback – has folds or grooves on its throat and chest to allow the mouth to expand when filled with water.
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	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13058 (742 words)

	Balaenoptera brydei, Bryde's Whale at MarineBio.org
		The Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera brydei (Olsen, 1913), ("Bryde's" is pronounced "broo-dess") is commonly called the Tropical Whale and like all Rorquals (Family Balaenopteridae, the family that includes the Blue whale, Bryde's whale, Fin whale, Humpback whale, Minke whale, and Sei whale) these long, slender whales are much more streamlined than other large whales.
		Bryde's whales are dark gray in color with a yellowish white underside.
		» Tree of Life Web Project: Family Balaenopteridae [about]
	marinebio.org /species.asp?id=167 (865 words)

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