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Rorqual
Rorquals
(Balaenopteridae) are the largest
group
of
baleen whales
, a
family
with nine
extant species
in two
genera
. They include what is believed to be the largest animal that has ever lived, the
blue whale
, which can reach , and the
fin whale
, which reaches ; even the smallest of the group, the
northern minke whale
, reaches .
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