Mammal / Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Common Minke Whale
Lowest risk
Vagrant
The common minke whale or northern minke whale is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.
- Range mass
- 6000 to 9000 kg
- Breeding interval
- Females are thought to have young every other year.
- Breeding season
- The breeding period lasts from December to May in the Atlantic and year round in the Pacific
- Average number of offspring
- 1
- Average number of offspring
- 1
- Range gestation period
- 10 to 11 months
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 6 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
Sex: female - 2740 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 6 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
Sex: male - 2740 days
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 45.0 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 47.0 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 50.0 years
Fahey, B. 1999. "Balaenoptera acutorostrata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Balaenoptera_acutorostrata/
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