Humpback whale
Humpback whale
Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
CLASS: Mammalia
ORDER: Cetacea
SUBORDER: Mysticeti
FAMILY: Balaenopteridae
GENUS: Megaptera
SPECIES: Novaeangliae
Physical Description
The head is broad and rounded when viewed
from above, but slim in profile.
The body is quite round, narrowing to a
slender peduncle.
The top of the head and lower jaw have
rounded, bump-like knobs, each containing at
least one stiff hair.
The body is black on the dorsal side, and
mottled black and white on the ventral side.
About 2/3 of the way back on the body is an
irregularly shaped dorsal fin
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