Rorqual
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rorqual-178-14003671
title:
Rorqual
text:
Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, comprising the family Balaenopteridae, which contains nine extant species in two genera. They include the largest known animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach 180 tonnes, and the fin whale, which reaches 120 tonnes; even the smallest of the group, the northern minke whale, reaches 9 tonnes. Rorquals take their name from French rorqual, which derives from the Norwegian word røyrkval: the first element røyr originated from the O
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Family of mammals
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorqual
date created:
2003-05-19T15:56:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:40:15Z
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fields total:
13
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