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Mammals · Artiodactyla · Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera physalus
At very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.
It is the second largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, surpassed only by the blue whale — with which it occasionally hybridises, producing fertile young.
Weight
35 t – 130 t
Size
14 m – 27 m
Life expectancy
85 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Irregular activity
Active at irregular times, by day or night depending on circumstances.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
AI-generated images: illustrations, not photographs.
Sources consulted: Cool Antarctica · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · WDFW · Animal Diversity Web · A-Z Animals · NOAA Fisheries · Texas Tech Mammals of Texas · Wikipedia (Fin whale, North Pacific fin whale)
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 14 of 32.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Fin Whale — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
The fin whale is classified as endangered. Organisations such as the IUCN, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society work specifically on its conservation and that of its habitat; looking into their programmes is a good starting point if you want to get involved.
It's documented in 7 protected areas — one reason why protecting these places matters for its conservation.
Based on what we already know about fin whale.
The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.
