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Also Known As	toothless whale • Mysticeti • whalebone whale • mysticete

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right whale Patriocetidae Aetiocetidae cetothere Neobalaenidae Eschrichtiidae Balaenopteridae Llanocetidae Mystacodon selenensis rorqual toothed whale dolphin

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