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BALAENOPTERIDAE

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Order Cetacea - Suborder Mysticeti - Family BALAENOPTERIDAE

Genus Balaenoptera
Big and very big animals, very fast, that eats crustacean and plancton little fishes filtered with the fanons, they make long migrations.
Species  

Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Balenottera minore)

10,7 m

 14 t 30 km/h

20 min

30-50  years
Balaenoptera borealis (Balenottera boreale) 20 m 30 t 25 km/h -300 m (20 min) 60 years
Balaenoptera edeni (Balenottera di Bryde) 15,5 m 25 t 25 km/h -300 m (20 min) 50 years
Balaenoptera musculus (Balenottera azzurra) 33 m 160 t 48 km/h 20 min 90 years
Balaenoptera physalus (Balenottera comune) 27 m 80 t 25 km/h -350 m (20 min) 90 years
Genus Megaptera
With acrobatic and vocal quality ("songs of the humpback whale")
Species  

Megaptera novaeangliae (Megattera)

 18 m 35 t 27 km/h 30 min 48 years
 
 
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