Eubalaena glacialis
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
North Atlantic Right Whale
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Artiodactyla |
Suborder | : Whippomorpha |
Infraorder | : Cetacea |
Parvorder | : Mysticeti |
Family | : Balaenidae |
Genus | : Eubalaena |
Species status
Authority citation
Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. Havniae, Typis Hallageriis, Copenhagen, 282 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499648Original name as described
Balaena glacialis
Other common names
Biscayan Right Whale · Black Right Whale · Nordcaper · Northern Right Whale
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
North Cape, Norway.
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
Greenland · Iceland · Norway · United States · Bermuda · Canada · Portugal · Spain? · United Kingdom?
Subregion distribution
USA(AL,CT,DC,DE,FL,GA,LA,ME,MD,MA,MI,NH,NJ,NY,NC,RI,SC,VA,TX?)
Distribution notes
vagrant citings in Gulf of Mexico near Texas
Distribution references
Ward-Geiger, L.I., A.R. Knowlton, A.F. Amos, T.D. Pitchford, B. Mase-Guthrie and B.J. Zoodsma. 2011. Recent sightings of the North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science 2011(1): 74–78.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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