blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 13 countries and 6 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 2 records
- Victoria, Australia - 26 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 6 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 19 records
- Strytan & North Iceland, Iceland - 72 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 983 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 2 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 2 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 53 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 2 records
- Alaska, United States - 3 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 3 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records