Mammalverified

Balaena mysticetus

Linnaeus, 1758

Arctic Right Whale

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

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Balaenidae

Other species in Balaenidae

Eubalaena japonica

Black Right Whale

Eubalaena australis

Southern Right Whale

Eubalaena glacialis

Biscayan Right Whale