Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Megaptera novaeangliae
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Rorqual
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Huge (over 4 m)
- Active
- Day and night
- Continent
- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Males sing long, complex songs that a whole population gradually changes over the years.
- Groups trap fish by blowing a spiral net of bubbles around them and surfacing through it.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q132905 · All animals · All entries