Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- Order Cetacea
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Balaenidae
- genus
- Balaena
- species
- Balaena mysticetus
conservation
STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U. S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.
discussion
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Reeves and Leatherwood (1985).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Hemisphere: arctic waters. Strays have occured in Japan, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Massachusetts.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: " Habitat in Oceano Groenlandico " (= Greenland Sea).
Name
- Homonyms
- Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758