Balaena Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Cetacea

family

Balaenidae

genus

Balaena

Name

Synonyms

Aulocetus molassicus (Bronn, 1837)

Balaena balsami Cornalia, 1870

Balaena molassica (Bronn, 1837)

Balaena tannenbergensis Rathke, 1837

Balaena tannenbergii Rathke, 1837

Balaenoptera molassicus (Bronn, 1837)

Balena Scopoli, 1777

Baloena Lesson, 1827

Leiobalaena Eschricht, 1849

Homonyms

Balaena Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

Right Whales in English

bowhead whale in English

right whales in English

right whales in English

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