Southern Right Whales

🐳Southern Right Whale.


They are baleen Whales.  Southern Right Whales are inhabits in southern Oceans. They are readily distinguished from others by the callosities of it's head. Callosities are white or cream patches of skin they are found all over the head and around the jaw. They feed exclusively plankton, copepods and krill. Southern Right Whales are feed just beneath the water surface. They open their mouth while swimming and strain water trough their baleen plates. Global population of Southern Right Whales estimated at 3500 individuals. They spent summer in the southern ocean feeding close to the Antarctica. They are large and they have black bodies. 

*Their are white Southern Right Whales also in the world. 
Common NameSothern right Whale
Scientific NameEubalaena australis.      
Lifespan70 years
Mass23,000 Kg
Length13-15 m

Scientific classification about Southern Right Whale.
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata .      
classMammalia
OrderCetacea
FamilyBalaenopteridae
GenusEubalaena
Speciesaustrails.

Southern Right Whale Skeleton.

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