#0068 · 🦊 mammals

Fin Whale

🇳🇱 Gewone Vinvis ·Balaenoptera physalus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Artie Kopelman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © David H. Webster · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © chris buelow · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Artie Kopelman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © arrojamentos-portugal · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, BE:© Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Aurélien Grimaud · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © whale_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Canterbury, NZ:© Julia Graeter · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The fin whale ( Balaenoptera physalus ), also known as finback whale , razorback whale , common rorqual whale , herring whale , or greyhound whale is a marine mammal belonging to the parvorder of baleen whales. It is the second-largest mammalian on the Earth after the blue whale. 9 m (85 ft), a maximum recorded weight of nearly 74 tonnes (73 long tons; 82 short tons), and a maximum...

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,532iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).