Minke Whale, (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Minke Whale, (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)



The Northern Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. The non-dwarf forms live in the north Atlantic and north Pacific Oceans. The Scammon form is also from the north Pacific. The dwarf form has a distribution completely separate from the other forms, living in southern oceans, and has a distribution generally north of the Antarctic species, although there is some overlap.

 

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