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Fin Whale
Fin Whale
Information
Common Name Finback whale, Razorback, and Common Rorqual.
Range Worldwide
Estimated Population 119,000
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera physalus
Conservation Status
VUSpecies
Vulnerable

The Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is a species of Rorquals from the Balaenoptera genus.

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Fin whales are very long and slender whales. They are the fastest of the rorqual group, and are the second largest known animal living today.

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