Blue whale

 

Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

other name: Sulfurbottom

length: female 31 m/102 ft, male 30 m/99 ft

weight: 100–120 t, possibly to 150 t

Status: unknown, less than 10,000.

IUCN Endangered   CITES Appendix I

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