| Class
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Mammalia +
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| Common name
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Northern minke whale, Common minke whale +
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| Division/Phylum
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Chordata +
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| Family
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Balaenopteridae +
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| Genus
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Balaenoptera +
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| Header caption
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Size comparison of an average human and a minke whale +
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| Header image
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Minke whale size.svg +
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| IUCN status
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Least Concern +
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| Introdescription
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The common minke whale or northern minke w … The common minke whale or northern minke whale, (''Balaenoptera acutorostrata''), is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.
Due to their relative abundance common minke whales are often the focus of whale-watching cruises. Common minke whales are frequently inquisitive and will indulge in "human-watching". In contrast to the spectacularly acrobatic humpback whale, minkes do not raise their fluke out of the water when diving and are less likely to breach. Minkes can stay submerged for as long as twenty minutes.(Source:Wikipedia) long as twenty minutes.(Source:Wikipedia) +
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| Order
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Cetacea +
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| Page creation date
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26 February 2011 +
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| Regnum
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Animalia +
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| Species name
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata +
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| Categories |
Mammals +
, Species page +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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26 February 2011 15:30:47 +
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