- The
bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus),
sometimes called the
Greenland right whale,
Arctic whale, and
polar whale, is a
species of
baleen whale belonging...
- (genus Eubalaena), and the
closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena).
Family Balaenidae Genus Balaena Bowhead whale,
Balaena mysticetus Genus Eubalaena...
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Subsistence hunting of the
bowhead whale is
permitted by the
International Whaling Commission,
under limited conditions.
While whaling is
banned in most...
-
relied heavily on the
bowhead whale for
survival because bowhead whales swim
slowly and
sleep near the water's surface.
Bowhead whales served many purposes...
- species, the
bowhead whale (B. mysticetus). It was
named in 1758 by Linnaeus, who at the time
considered all of the
right whales (and the
bowhead) as a single...
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Whale oil is oil
obtained from the
blubber of whales. Oil from the
bowhead whale was
sometimes known as train-oil,
which comes from the
Dutch word traan...
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Physeteridae (sperm whales); and the
Mysticeti families Balaenidae (right and
bowhead whales),
Eschrichtiidae (grey whales), and some of the Balaenopteridae...
- are also
smaller numbers killed of gray whales, sei whales, fin whales,
bowhead whales, Bryde's whales,
sperm whales and
humpback whales.
Recent scientific...
- skin and blubber. A part of
Inuit cuisine, it is most
often made from the
bowhead whale,
although the
beluga and the
narwhal are also used. It is usually...
- (which
includes species like the blue whale, the
humpback whale and the
bowhead whale).
Despite their highly modified bodies and
carnivorous lifestyle...
