. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 474 ANNUAL KEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1907. I. Living Marine Mammals. 1. WHALES. A. WHALEBONE WHALES. The whalebone whales are not only the giants among living ani- mals, but Avithout doubt also the largest marine animals that have ever lived. No marine animal of the past has reached the length of the northern blue whale (or sulphurbottom, Balmnoptera musctdus L.), which attains 25 to 30 meters (82i to 98^ feet). (Fig. 1.). Pig. 1.—Blu
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 474 ANNUAL KEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1907. I. Living Marine Mammals. 1. WHALES. A. WHALEBONE WHALES. The whalebone whales are not only the giants among living ani- mals, but Avithout doubt also the largest marine animals that have ever lived. No marine animal of the past has reached the length of the northern blue whale (or sulphurbottom, Balmnoptera musctdus L.), which attains 25 to 30 meters (82i to 98^ feet). (Fig. 1.). Pig. 1.—Blue whale, or Sulphurbottom (Balaenoptera musculus L.). Leugtli reaches 30 meters (98J feet). After V. W. True. First fam/dy^ right whales.—The best known representative of this family is the Greenland whale (Arctic right whale, or bow- head), Balmna mysticetiis L. Among the most remarkable char- acters of this clumsy animal, which reaches a length of 20 meters (651 feet), is the enormous head, which alone occupies one-third to two-fifths of the total length. The flippers are short, broad, and five-fingered. The whalebone is very long and may reach the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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