Whale Shark Scientific Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Order Orectolobiformes Family Rhincodontidae Genus Rhincodon Scientific Name Rhincodon Typus Read our Complete Guide to Classification of Animals. Whale Shark Conservation Status Near Threatened Whale Shark Locations ...
Classification and Scientific Name The scientific name for the humpback whale is Megaptera novaeangliae. This is a Greek term meaning large (mega), wing (ptera, for its large pectoral fin), and New Englander (novaeangliae, for where they were first described in detail). The humpback is the ...
The whale shark, Rhineodon typus : description of the skeletal parts and classification based on the Marathon specimen captured in 1923.text_html_urlhttp://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/857doi:http://hdl.handle.net/2246/857White, Edith Grace...
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Table 1. Summary of scientific literature and grey literature from 2018. Shark SpeciesWhale SpeciesDateClassificationLocationCommentsReference White (Carcharodon carcharias) and tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier) Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) 1993 Journal Article Durban, South Africa White and tiger sharks were ob...
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. whalebone a horny elastic material forming a series of numerous thin plates that hang from the upper jaw on either side of the palate in the toothless (whalebone) whales and stra...
The next largest animal of any species, theWhale Shark, is pint-sized compared to the five largest whale species. Clearly the only way to describe the marine mammal’s immensity—46 feet long, 15 tons— was to name it after whales. ...
Scientific Classification Subspecies List Fact Sources & References “WATCH: Blue Whales 101“, viaNational Geographic. “Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)”, viaAlaska Department Of Fish & Game. “Balaenoptera musculus”, viaIUCN Redlist.