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--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER MYSTICETI
--> FAMILY Balaenidae
--> GENUS Eubalaena
SPECIES Eubalaena glacialis
| Author: | Müller, 1776. | | Citation: | Zool. Danicae Prodr.: 7. | | Common Name: | North Atlantic Right Whale | | Type Locality: | None given, listed as Norway, Finnmark, Nord Kapp (vicinity of North Cape) by Eschricht and Reinhardt (1861). | | Distribution: | North Atlantic: temperate to tropical waters. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Cummings (1985b); see Hershkovitz (1961b). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
biscayensis (Eschricht, 1860)
nordcaper (Lacépède, 1804)
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