निलो ह्वेल (वैज्ञानिक नाम: Balaenoptera musculus)[३][४][५][६][७][८][९][१०][११][१२] विश्वको सबैभन्दा ठुलो स्तनधारी प्राणी हो ।[१३] यो ३० मिटर लामो[१४] तथा १७० टन[१५] वा सो भन्दा बढी तौलको हुन्छ ।

निलो ह्वेल[१]
पूर्विय प्रशान्त महासागरमा निलो व्हेल
मानिससँग आकारको तुलना
वैज्ञानिक वर्गीकरण
जगत:
जन्तु जगत
सङ्घ:
वर्ग:
स्तनधारी प्राणी
गण:
उपगण:
कुल:
वंश:
प्रजाति:
B. musculus
वैज्ञानिक नाम
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
  • B. m. brevicauda Ichihara, 1966
  • ?B. m. indica Blyth, 1859
  • B. m. intermedia Burmeister, 1871
  • B. m. musculus Linnaeus, 1758
Blue whale range (in blue)
पर्याय
  • 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

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