Subject: Re: Species Size
Greg Early (gearly@neaq.org)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:36:58 -0400
At 09:17 AM 10/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Is there anywhere online I can find a listing of whale species by size. I
>know the Blue is the largest, but I would like to know how the other species
>relate by size.
>
>Thank you!
>
>Ginny :)
Ginny,
The hard part, here is the online part. You might try the New England
Aquarium web page for a list of links (neaq.org) (they pay me to say that)
or http://whales.magna.com.au/DISCOVER/index.html...both have a good list
of links. There is a list (by length) in an old marine mammal book
"Mammals of the Oceans" by Richard Martin (if you can dig up a copy).
Basically, in terms of length: Blue,Fin,
Brontosaurus,Right,Sperm,Sei,Humpback,Gray,Minke,Bottlenosed
Whale,Killer,Pilot,Narwhal,Beluga,Elephant (the land kind not the seal).
Regards,
ge
Greg Early
Edgerton Research Laboratory
New England Aquarium
Central Wharf
Boston, Mass 02110
617-973-5246 (phone)
617-723-6207 (FAX)
gearly@neaq.org