Balaena mysticetus

Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS
IUCN StatusCritically endangered
Date of entry in Appendix I1979
Geographic range
Countries Canada, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United States of America

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Common names
EnglishBowhead Whale
FrenchBaleine Du Groenland, Baleine Franche
SpanishBallena de groenlandia
GermanGrönlandwal
Taxonomy
ClassMammalia
OrderCetacea
FamilyBalaenidae
Scientific name Balaena mysticetus
AuthorLinnaeus 1758
Standard referencePerrin, W.F., Wursig, B. and Thewissen J.G.M. Eds., 2009. Encyclopaedia of Marine Mammals. Second Edition. Academic Press