| LC control no. | sh 85015093 |
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| LC classification | QL737.C424 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Blue whale |
| Variant(s) | Balaenoptera musculus Great blue whale Great northern rorqual Northern rorqual, Great Sibbald's rorqual Sibbaldus musculus Sulfur-bottom whale Sulphur-bottom whale |
| See also | Balaenoptera |
| Found in | Britannica Micro. (blue whale: also called sulfur-bottom or sulfur-bottom whale (Balaenoptera or Sibbaldus musculus)) Web. 3 (sulphur-bottom, also sulphur-bottom whale: blue whale) Wikipedia, Aug. 14, 2007 (Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus): a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. The species was called Suphur-bottom by Herman Melville in his novel Moby Dick due to an orangish-brown or yellow tinge on the underparts from diatom films on the skin. Other common names for the Blue Whale have included the Sibbald's Rorqual, the Great Blue Whale and the Great Northern Rorqual.) |
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