Northern Blue Whale
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-Present Day.

CONSERVATION STATUS
Data Deficient (DD) (by Pygmy Blue Whale)

POPULATIONS TRENDING
Increasing

CLASSIFICATIONS
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)
Mangorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Clade: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)
Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)
Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)
Clade: Artiodactylamorph (Artiodactylamorpha)
Order: Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla/Cetartiodactyla)
Clade: Cetancodontamorph (Cetancodontamorpha)
Clade: Cetaceopterygian (Cetaceopterygia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, Pearl The Sperm Whale, Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, SpongeBob SquarePants and Sandy Cheeks, Porky Pig and Petunia Pig, Davy The Whale, 2021)
Suborder: Whippomorph (Whippomorpha)
Clade: Cetaceamorph (Cetaceamorpha)
Clade: Cetaceaformes (Cetaceaformes) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Infraorder: Cetacean (Cetaceans/Cetacea)
Clade: Eucetaceamorph (Eucetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceaformes (Eucetaceaformes) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceans (Eucetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Pelagicete (Pelagiceti)
Clade: Neocete (Neoceti)
Parvorder: Baleen Whale (Mysticeti)
Superfamily: Balaenopteroid (Balaenopteroidea)
Family: Rorqual Whale (Balaenopteridae)
Subfamily: Balenopterines (Balaenopterinae)
Tribes: Balaenopterini (Sandy Cheeks, 2014.)
Genus: Balaenoptera
Species: Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) (Carolus Linnaeus, 1758) (originally as "Balaena musculus")
Subspecies: Northern Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus musculus) (Carolus Linnaeus, 1758) (originally as "Balaena musculus musculus")

NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS
Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetolagomorph (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

PELAGICETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceamorph (Neocetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neocetaceaformes (Neocetaceaformes (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

NEOCETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceans (Neocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

BLUE WHALE'S SYNONYMS
Balaena musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Balaenoptera gibbar (Scoresby, 1820)
Pterobalaena gigas (Van Beneden, 1861)
Physalus latirostris (Flower, 1864)
Sibbaldius borealis (Gray, 1866)
Flowerius gigas (LilljeBorg, 1867)
Sibbaldius sulfureus (Cope, 1869)
Balaenoptera sibbaldii (Sars, 1875)
Sibbaldius musculus (Cope, 1870)
Physalus musculus (Flower, 1863)
Rorqualus musculus (Hassanin, Ropiquet, Sasaki, Nikaido, Rosenbaum and Brownell Jr., 2012)
Crustaceovenator musculus (Chris Bland The Whale 2021)
Piscovenator musculus (Chris Bland The Whale, 2021)

CETOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: Worldwide
Diets: Carnivores they hunting preying including Krill, zooplakton, Sardines, Mackerel, and Herring.
Predation: Other cetaceans like dolphins Alula Whale; basilosaurids Cadborosaurus; other baleen whales House On The Rock Whale