Humpback Whale
Temporal range: Early Miocene-Present Day, 23 million-0 years ago
CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern (LC)
POPULATION 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)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Grandorder: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)
Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)
Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)
Clade: Euungulates (Euungulata)
Clade: Artiodactylamorph (Artiodactylamorpha)
Order: Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla/Cetartiodactyla)
Clade: Artiofabula (Artiofabula)
Clade: Cetruminantians (Cetruminantia)
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)
Clade: Kinetomente (Kinetomenta)
Clade: Chaeomysticete (Chaeomysticeti)
Superfamily: Balaenopteroid (Balaenopteroidea)
Family: Rorqual Whale (Balaenopteridae)
Subfamily: Megapterine (Megapterinae)
Tribes: Megapterini (Sandy Cheeks, 2014)
Genus: Humpback Whales (Megaptera) (Gray, 1846)
Species: Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Borowski, 1781) (as "Balaena novaeangliae")
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)
SUBSPECIES
Common Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae novaeangliae)
Southern Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae versabilis)
Oceania Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis)
Pacific Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira)
Struther's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae longimana)
Bugs Bunny's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae bugsbunnyii)
Lola Bunny's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae lolabunnyii)
SpongeBob SquarePants's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae squarepantsii)
Sandy Cheeks's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae sandycheeksii)
Christopher Bland's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae christopherblandii)
Black Harbinger Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae harbingerensis)
Indian Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae indica)
Japanese Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae japonica)
Norwegian Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae norvegicus)
American Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae americana)
Brumeister's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae brumeisteri)
More's Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae morei)
Brazilian Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae braziliensis)
Antarctica Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae antarctica)
Giant Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae gigas)
Megaptera novaeangliae poescop
Megaptera novaeangliae osphyia
Megaptera novaeangliae novaezelandiae
Megaptera novaeangliae nodosa
Megaptera novaeangliae lalandii
Megaptera novaeangliae bellicosa
Megaptera novaeangliae longipinna
Megaptera novaeangliae boops
CETOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: Worldwide
Diets: Omnivores, ichthyophagous, piscivores, planktivores, filter-feeders they ate seaweeds, kelp, seagrass, sea plants, phytoplankton, and they hunting preying which including Actinopterygii fishes such as mackerels, tunas, sardines, herrings, salmons, and cods; crustaceans such as krills, prawns, shrimps; little animals such as zooplanktons; cephalopods such as hooked squid; they ate scavengers and carrions.
Predation: Other cetaceans like dolphins Alula Whale; basilosaurids Cadborosaurus; other baleen whales House On The Rock Whale; flesh-eater seals Leopard Seals (for young Humpback Whale); target battle rival Otodus megalodon shark; predatory siren such as Whale-Eater Siren/Giant Killer Siren (Titanosirenius cetophagus).
Size: 39-60 feet long
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