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Balaena
Linnaeus, 1758
- bowhead whale, Greenland right whale
(mammal)
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Entity:
Balaenidae (Family) - right whales
..†Balaenella (Genus)
..†Balaenotus (Genus)
..†Balaenula (Genus)
..Eubalaena (Genus) - right whale
..†Idiocetus (Genus)
..†Morenocetus (Genus)
..†Peripolocetus (Genus)
..Balaena (Genus) - bowhead whale, Greenland right whale
....Balaena australis (Species)
....Balaena glacialis (Species) - black right whale
....Balaena mysticetus (Species) - Arctic bowhead whale
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 75.
Types
Type of
:
Balaenidae
(Family)
Gray, 1821
Type, by original designation
:
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Balaena
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Subsequent spelling
:
Baloena
(Genus)
Lesson, 1827
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Incorrect spelling
:
Baloena
(Genus)
Lesson, 1827
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 378.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
Eubalaena
(Genus)
Gray, 1864
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bowhead whale, Greenland right whale
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