Whale Development

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Introduction

Sperm whale
Sperm Whale Cow and Calf (Physeter macrocephalus)

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Overview

Sperm Whale

  • live at least 60-70 years.
  • form “nursery schools” that contain between 20 and 30 whales; females, calves, and juveniles (male and female).
  • the brain is the largest of any animal, about 9 kilograms.
  • Adult males (bulls) reach more than 15 metres (50 feet) in length and weigh 54,400 kilograms (120,000 pounds, 60 tons).
  • Adult females (cows) reach more than 11 metres (36 feet) and weigh 25,000 kilograms (55,000 pounds, 27.5 tons).
  • Newborn (calves) are about 4 metres (13 feet) long and weigh only 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds, 1.1 tons).
    • a calf is born to a female only every 4 to 6 years.
    • calves stay with the mother for between 1 and 2 years.


Taxon

Embryonic Stages

Limb Development

Morphological comparison and schematic diagram of mammalian limbs[1]

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Neural Development

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Abnormalities

References

  1. Dai M, Wang Y, Fang L, Irwin DM, Zhu T, Zhang J, Zhang S & Wang Z. (2014). Differential expression of Meis2, Mab21l2 and Tbx3 during limb development associated with diversification of limb morphology in mammals. PLoS ONE , 9, e106100. PMID: 25166052 DOI.

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, March 19) Embryology Whale Development. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Whale_Development

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