Eubalaena japonica

(de Lacépède, 1818)

North Pacific 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lacépède, B.G.É. de. 1818. Note sur dés cétacées des mers voisines du Japon. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 4:467-475.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812561

Original name as described

Balæna japonica

Other common names

Japanese Whale · Northwest Whale · Pacific Right Whale

Type locality

"du Japon" (= Japan).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Canada · Japan · North Korea · South Korea? · Russia · United States · China?

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,CA,HI,OR?)

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006396

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Eubalaena sieboldii

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

sieboldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806269

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Eubalaena japonica

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41711/50380694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Balæna japonica

(de Lacépède, 1818)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japonica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

469

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812561

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. True (1885:591, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Balæna lunulata

(de Lacépède, 1818)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

lunulata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

473

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812565

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1827:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Balaena Kuliomoch

(de Chamisso, 1825)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

kuliomoch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37005586

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Balaena japonica

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957446

Authority publication

London

Balaena Sieboldii

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

sieboldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249799

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaena aleoutiensis

(P. J. Van Beneden, 1865)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

aleoutiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

854

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36021173

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique

Balaena cullamach

(Cope, 1869)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

cullamach

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768374

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Balaena culammak

(J. E. Gray, 1870)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

culammak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404710

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Balaena alutiensis

(Beddard, 1900)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

alutiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

133

Authority publication

book

Balaena cullamacha

(Beddard, 1900)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

cullamacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

133

Authority publication

book

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