RIGHT WHALES AND SPERM UP TO 60 FEET, FINNERS UP TO no FEET 



1. Greenland Right whale, Ralcena Mysticetus, up to 60 feet in length, generally found near 

 Arctic ice. The smaller whalebone whale of the Atlantic and Southern oceans is somewhat 

 similar in shape ; it runs to 50 feet ; shows tail as it dives ; has no fin on back. It is called the 

 Nordcapper or Biscayensis and Australis. 



2. The Sperm or Cachalot, Physeter Macrocephalns. A toothed whale 50 to 60 feet ; shows 

 tail when it dives ; sometimes breaches, i.e. leaps several times in succession as it travels ; blast 

 low and projected forward. 



3. Seihvale, Balcenoptera Borealis, 40 to 50 feet ; blast about 10 feet ; does not usually lift 

 tail out of water before final dive ; has fin on back, is therefore a "finner. " 



4. Fin whale, Batonoptera Musculus, up to 75 feet. The Blue whale, Baltenoptera Sibbaldii, 

 is similar, with smaller fin on back; both make blasts about 18 feet. The Blue whale in 

 Southern seas has been killed up to no feet. 



