Balaena
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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Cetartiodactyla
Ordo: Cetacea
Subordo: Mysticeti
Familia: Balaenidae
Genus: Balaena
Species: B. mysticetus
[edit] Name
Balaena Linnaeus, 1758
Type species: B. mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
[edit] Synonyms
- Leiobalaena Eschricht, 1849
[edit] References
- Balaena on Mammal Species of the World.
Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). - Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1: 75.
- Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
[edit] Vernacular Names
English: Bowhead Whale, Bowhead, Arctic Whale, Greenland Right Whale