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baleen whales
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Baleen whale
Mysticeti
() (from
Latin
ὁ μῦς τὸ κῆτος
"the mouse, the whale so called" ), or
baleen whales
, are a widely
distributed
and diverse
parvorder
of
carnivorous
marine mammals
. They comprise the
families
Balaenidae
(
right whales
),
Balaenopteridae
(rorqual),
Eschrichtiidae
(the
gray whale
), and
Cetotheriidae
(the
pygmy right whale
). There are currently 15 species of baleen whale. While cetaceans were historically thought to have descended from
mesonychids
,
molecular
evidence supports them as relatives of
even-toed ungulates
(Artiodactyla). Baleen whale split from
toothed whales
(Odontoceti) around 34 million years ago.
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