Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758

Description

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75.

TYPE LOCALITY: Greenland Sea.

DISTRIBUTION: Northern Hemisphere, arctic seas.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as B. mysticetus and U.S. ESA - Endangered as B. mysticetus.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411008001002001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 303, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983

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Family
Balaenidae
Genus
Balaena
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cetacea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
mysticetus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982