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Megaptera novaeangliae
(Borowski, 1781). Gemein. Naturgesch. Thier., 2(1): 21.
© 2002 (photo by B. Stanley; USNM 269982)
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Balaenopteridae
COMMON NAME—Humpback whale.
DISTRIBUTION—Worldwide. Sighted near south-eastern Palawan, northwest of Luzon and off western Mindanao (Slijper et a1., 1964).
HABITAT—Feed and breed in coastal waters and migrate from the tropics to polar and subpolar regions, reaching the ice edges in both hemispheres (Jefferson et al., 1994).
STATUS—Generally rare (Klinowska, 1991). This species has not been sighted in Philippine waters in recent years. CITES: Appendix I. IUCN: Vulnerable.
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2002 B. Mehl
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