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genus

Balaena Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Balaenidae - right whales

Included taxa

Number of records: 2

species Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 - Bowhead Whale

Balaena mysticetus


Fossil taxa

species Balaena ricei Westgate & Whitmore, 2002 †
Tertiary: Zanclean

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1435598]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Balaena Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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† extinct taxon



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