🐳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 Name | Sothern right Whale |
Scientific Name | Eubalaena australis. |
Lifespan | 70 years |
Mass | 23,000 Kg |
Length | 13-15 m |
Scientific classification about Southern Right Whale.
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata . |
class | Mammalia |
Order | Cetacea |
Family | Balaenopteridae |
Genus | Eubalaena |
Species | austrails. |
Southern Right Whale Skeleton.
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