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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