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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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What is the name of any of several baleen whales in the family which includes blue fin and humpback whales?

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Any of several baleen whales in family which includes blue fin humpback?

rorqual


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?

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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.


Are toothed whales or baleen whales bigger?

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