Balaena

Balaena mysticetus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mysticeti

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Familia: Balaenidae
Genus: Balaena
Species: B. mysticetus

Name

• Balaena Linnaeus, 1758
  • Type species: Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
    • Fixation: Linnean tautonymy

Synonyms

• Leiobalaena Eschricht, 1849

References

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : page 75. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542
• Balaena in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

English: Bowhead Whale, Bowhead, Arctic Whale, Greenland Right Whale