| Class
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Mammalia +
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| Common name
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Blue whale +
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| Division/Phylum
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Chordata +
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| Family
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Balaenopteridae +
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| Genus
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Balaenoptera +
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| Header caption
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Blue whale skull +
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| Header image
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Joey williams with a 19 foot long blue whale skull.jpg +
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| IUCN status
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Endangered +
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| Introdescription
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The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') … The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. '''''It is the largest animal ever known to have existed.''''' Two subspecies - ''B. m. brevicauda'' and ''B. m. indica'' - are found in Indian territorial waters. Blue whales were abundant in nearly all the oceans on Earth until the beginning of the twentieth century. For over a century, they were hunted almost to extinction by whalers until protected by the international community in 1966. A 2002 report estimated there were 5,000 to 12,000 blue whales worldwide (Source:Wikipedia)0 blue whales worldwide (Source:Wikipedia) +
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| Order
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Cetacea +
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| Page creation date
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2 March 2011 +
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| Regnum
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Animalia +
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| Species name
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Balaenoptera musculus +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Balaenoptera musculus +
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| Categories |
Mammals +
, Aquatic mammals +
, Species page +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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2 March 2011 22:16:15 +
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