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The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. An acrobatic animal known for breaching and slapping the water with its tail and pectorals, it is popular with whale watchers off the coasts of Australasia and the Americas.

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rdfs:comment	The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. An acrobatic animal known for breaching and slapping the water with its tail and pectorals, it is popular with whale watchers off the coasts of Australasia and the Americas.
rdfs:seeAlso	Australia Japan dbpedia:List_of_whale_vocalizations dbpedia:Whale_watching dbpedia:Cetacean_surfacing_behaviour dbpedia:Whale dbpedia:Whaling
foaf:name	Humpback whale
foaf:depiction
binomial authority	Borowski, Georg Heinrich
class	dbpedia:Mammal dbpedia:Eutheria
conservation status	LC
conservation status system	iucn3.1
family	Rorquals
kingdom	dbpedia:Animal
order (taxonomy)	Even-toed ungulates
phylum	dbpedia:Chordate
sound recording	dbpedia:Humpback_whale__1 dbpedia:Humpback_whale__2 dbpedia:Humpback_whale__3 dbpedia:Humpback_whale__4
synonym	* B. boops (Fabricius, 1780) * B. longimana (Rudolphi, 1832) * B. nodosa (Bonnaterre, 1789) * Balaena gibbosa (Erxleben, 1777) * Kyphobalaena longimana (Van Beneden, 1861) * Megaptera longimana (Gray, 1846) * Megaptera versabilis (Cope, 1869)
thumbnail	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Humpback_Whale_underwater_shot.jpg?width=300

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