| CMS Instruments | CMS |
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| IUCN Status | Critically endangered |
| Date of entry in Appendix I | 1979 |
| 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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| English | Bowhead Whale |
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| French | Baleine Du Groenland, Baleine Franche |
| Spanish | Ballena de groenlandia |
| German | Grönlandwal |
| Class | Mammalia |
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| Order | Cetacea |
| Family | Balaenidae |
| Scientific name | Balaena mysticetus |
| Author | Linnaeus 1758 |
| Standard reference | Perrin, W.F., Wursig, B. and Thewissen J.G.M. Eds., 2009. Encyclopaedia of Marine Mammals. Second Edition. Academic Press |