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Baleen whales
Temporal range: latest Eocene - Recent
Humpback stellwagen edit.jpg
Humpback whale breaching
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Mysticeti

Cope, 1891
Families

Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Eschrichtiidae
Neobalaenidae
Janjucetidae

Baleen

The Mysticeti are one of the two suborders of the Cetacea. They are often called baleen whales, or 'whalebone whales' or 'great whales'.

Baleen whales have baleen plates made of keratin. The difference is connected with feeding. Baleen whales strain plankton out of the water, whereas the Odontoceti (toothed whales) eat larger prey.

The suborder contains four families and fourteen species.

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