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Baleen whales are characterized by having baleen plates for filtering food from water, rather than having teeth. Living Mysticeti species have teeth only during the embryonal phase. Fossil Mysticeti had teeth before baleen evolved. The suborder contains four families and fourteen species.
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∙ 15y ago=Also called whalebone, Baleen is on the upper jaw of a whale's mouth. Baleen filters small partials and food like plankton and small fish.=
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∙ 12y agoBaleen whales,and Humpback whales.these are just some I know
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∙ 12y agoSome kinds of baleen whales are grey whales, right whales, humpback whales, and blue whales.
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∙ 15y agoA type of whale tooth
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∙ 12y agoYes, but they can also eat small fish
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∙ 15y agororqual
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What is the name of any of several baleen whales in the family which includes blue fin and humpback whales?
Baleen whales belong in the whale family called the rorqual.
Any of several baleen whales in family which includes blue fin humpback?
rorqual
What part of a whale is called balleen?
Baleen whales have a baleen instead of teeth. They are like toothbrushes, bristly on the inside, and can be several feet long. Baleen whales use their baleen to eat food.
Are Baleen whales and Blue whales the same?
Definition for Baleen Whale: Any whale that has baleen or is a odontocetes whale.So, they are not technically same thing, but a blue whale is a type of baleen or odontocetes whale. This is because other whales have baleen, such as the Right Whale.
Are bowhead whales baleen whales?
Bowhead whales are baleen whales.
What plate do whales use to collect food?
Baleen plates - which are made out of a protein called keratin. Baleen whales have several hundred baleen plates that they use to filter their food from the sea water.
Are humpback whales toothed or baleen whales?
Baleen
Does a Rorual Whale belong to the toothed whales or Baleen whales?
Baleen Whales.
What whales are there?
There are two groups of whales: baleen and toothed. Baleen whales consist mostly of roquals who have streamlined bodies and are capable of fast speeds for short bursts. Gray and Right whales are baleen but in a separate family of their own. There are several groups of toothed whales: ocean dolphins, river dolphins, belguas and narwhals, beaked whales, sperm whales, and porpoises.
Are tothed whales bigger then baleen whales?
baleen whales are much larger than toothed whales
Are baleen whales warm blooded?
All whales incl baleen whales are warm blooded.
Are right whales baleen whale?
Yes, right whales are baleen whales. They have no teeth. They have baleen, whalebone, to strain out water and keep in plankton, krill and shrimp to swallow and eat.
