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Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)
MammalverifiedLeast Concern

Balaena mysticetus

Linnaeus, 1758

Bowhead Whale

Also known as: Arctic Right Whale, Baleine a Tete D'arc, Black Right Whale, Bunch-Back Whale, Great Polar Whale, Greenland Right Whale, Greenland Whale, Whalebone Whale, Whale-Fish

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Max size

20 m

Taxonomy

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Balaenidae

Other species in Balaenidae

Black Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica)

Eubalaena japonica

Black Right Whale

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis)

Eubalaena australis

Southern Right Whale

Biscayan Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

Eubalaena glacialis

Biscayan Right Whale

Image: © Fábio Olmos (CC-BY) · iNaturalist (CC-BY) · source