Balaenidae Gray 1821

• Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Balaenidae; Arctic; Pacific; baleen whales; North Atlantic; Lynx
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6595815; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6595815

Family BALAENIDAE (RIGHT AND BOWHEAD WHALES) • Very large, rotund baleen whales with girths and heads sometimes more than 60% and about 33% oftotal body length, respectively, broad, smooth backs with no dorsal fins or ridges, and large flukes and paddle-like flippers. • 1500-2000 cm. • Arctic, North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Southern oceans. • Mainly near shore and continental shelf, but also continental slope areas. • 2 genera, 4 species. • 2 species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600. Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Balaenidae, pp. 186-215 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 186, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.6595811