🐋Sei whale
A tőkebálna (Balaenoptera borealis) az emlősök (Mammalia) osztályának párosujjú patások (Artiodactyla) rendjébe, ezen belül a barázdásbálna-félék (Balaenopteridae) családjába tartozó faj.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 20,000 kg
- Body length
- 19 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 74 years
Everything we know about the Sei whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass20,000 kgrecord 30,000 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 20,000 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length19 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 18 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass4,900 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan74 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 74 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length23 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity9.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation346 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 345 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l20,000 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Sei whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyBalaenopteridae
- ›genusBalaenoptera
- ›speciesBalaenoptera borealis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
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