- The
bowhead whale (
Balaena mysticetus),
sometimes called the
Greenland right whale,
Arctic whale, and
polar whale, is a
species of
baleen whale belonging...
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early whaling days, they were all
thought to be a
single species,
Balaena mysticetus. Eventually, it was
recognized that
bowheads and
right whales were...
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Whale vocalizations are the
sounds made by
whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in
particular to
describe the
pattern of
regular and predictable...
- The
former description was used as the
primary basis for the
species Balaena physalus by Carl
Linnaeus in 1758. In 1804,
Bernard Germain de Lacépède...
- Blue whale,
North Pacific and
North Atlantic stocks Bowhead whale,
Balaena mysticetus (five po****tions ****essed, from
critically endangered to LR/cd) Lake...
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closely related bowhead whale (genus
Balaena).
Family Balaenidae Genus Balaena Bowhead whale,
Balaena mysticetus Genus Eubalaena North Atlantic right...
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unnecessary weight which would hinder speed. However, the
bowhead whale (
Balaena mysticetus), the
North Atlantic (Eubalaena glacialis), and
North Pacific (E....
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Range map
Synonyms Balaena biscayensis Eschricht, 1860 B.
glacialis Müller, 1776 B.
glacialis glacialis Scheffer & Rice, 1963 B.
mysticetus islandica Kerr...
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Muscles of the
Rudimentary Hind-Limb of the
Greenland Right-Whale (
Balaena mysticetus)".
Journal of
Anatomy and Physiology. 15 (Pt 2): i1–176. PMC 1310010...
- Erxleben. A
number of 18th
century authors described the gray
whale as
Balaena gibbosa, the "whale with six bosses",
apparently based on a
brief note...
