Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75. TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Oceano Groenlandico" (= Greenland Sea). DISTRIBUTION: Northern Hemisphere: arctic waters. Strays have occured in Japan, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Massachusetts. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Balaenidae
Balaena
Balaena mysticetus
Arctic
Greenland
Reeves
Greenland Sea
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7154852
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7154852
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Summary:Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75. TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Oceano Groenlandico" (= Greenland Sea). DISTRIBUTION: Northern Hemisphere: arctic waters. Strays have occured in Japan, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Massachusetts. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Reeves and Leatherwood (1985). Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 349, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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