Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale
	Humpback Whale underwater
	Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Clade:	Cetancodontamorpha
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenopteridae
Genus:	Megaptera
Species:	M. novaeangliae
Binomial name
	Megaptera novaeangliae; (Borowski, 1781)
	Range of M. novaeangliae
Synonyms
	Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777; B. boops Fabricius, 1780; B. nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789; B. longimana Rudolphi, 1832; Megaptera longimana Gray, 1846; Kyphobalaena longimana Van Beneden, 1861; Megaptera versabilis Cope, 1869;

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^ Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J., Donovan, G.P., Urbán, J. & Zerbini, A.N. (2008). Megaptera novaeangliae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 June 2008.

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Projects

This article is part of Project Mammalia, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each mammal, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Cetartiodactyla, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Cetartiodactyl, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Balaenopteridae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each rorqual, including made-up species.

[iucn-1] Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J., Donovan, G.P., Urbán, J. & Zerbini, A.N. (2008). Megaptera novaeangliae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 June 2008.

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