Japanese scientists have named a new category of living baleen whales to explain a series of puzzling specimens that has been accumulating since 1976.
NEW SPECIES. Belly side of a whale (top), facing left, that has been classified as a new species. Researchers analyzed DNA and the skeletons of several specimens (one at bottom).
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