Southern Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis schlegelii

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae

The sei whale ( SAY, Norwegian: [sæɪ]; Balaenoptera borealis) is a baleen whale. It is one of ten rorqual species, and the third-largest member after the blue and fin whales. It can grow to 19.

Distribution

Southern Sei Whale — (c) Christin Khan, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Chile · 20Argentina · 15United Kingdom · 11

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Christin Khan, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionSei whale, Wikipedia contributors

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