Megaptera is a monotypic genus in the rorqual family Balaenopteridae, containing a single living species, the humpback whale. Adults range from 14 to 17 meters in length and weigh up to 40 metric tons, with long pectoral fins and tubercles on the head, and are known for breaching and other surface behaviors as well as complex songs produced by males lasting 4 to 33 minutes. Found in oceans worldwide, humpback populations migrate seasonally between polar feeding grounds and equatorial breeding areas, and have recovered from around 5,000 individuals during the whaling era to roughly 135,000 today, now listed as Least Concern.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ12771348, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Humpback whale
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source Wikidata: Humpback Whale
Wikidata Q132905, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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