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Glen Tepke The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is classified as "least concern."
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Late yesterday, we got the news that a young humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was found floating in Harbor of Refuge.
"And their eyes change as they learn to see through flame." greygirlbeast 2010
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Late yesterday, we got the news that a young humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was found floating in Harbor of Refuge.
"And their eyes change as they learn to see through flame." greygirlbeast 2010
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Several species of baleen whales, among them the fin and humpback whales Balaenoptera physalus (EN) and Megaptera novaeangliae (VU), and toothed whales, including sperm Physeter catodon (VU), pilot and killer whales are regularly seen.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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The most important are humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin, minke, sei, sperm, and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena).
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada 2009
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Several cetaceans are present, including humpback whale Megaptera novaengliae (E), minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata and killer whale Orcinus orca.
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Other species are also taken, although less frequently, including humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), harbour porpoises, and white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus).
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae (V) and southern right whales use the bay as a migratory staging post.
Shark Bay, Australia 2008
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There are eight marine mammals including harbour seal Phoca vitulina, Stellar sea lion Eumetopias jubata, and humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae.
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The waters around the main Hawai ` ian Islands of Kaua ` i, O ` ahu, Hawai ` i, Maui, Moloka ` i, Lana ` i, and Kaho ` olawe constitute one of the world's most important North Pacific humpback whale ( '' Megaptera novaeangliae '') habitats and the only place in the U.S. where humpbacks reproduce.
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary 2008
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