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Fin whale
Balaenoptera physalus
Marine mammals · Vulnerable
vs
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Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Marine mammals · Least concern
One clip names both of them
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Fin whale outweighs Humpback whale 1.3× — 38,800 kg against 30,000 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
38,800 kg
🐾 Fin whale · COMBINE
30,000 kg
🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE
Body length
18 m
🐾 Fin whale · COMBINE
14 m
🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
116 yr
🐾 Fin whale · COMBINE
95 yr
🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Cetacea (infraorder), home to 171 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 8.9 million years ago.
Estimates range from 6.5 to 12 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).