Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Cetacea: family
Balaenidae: genus
Balaena: species
Balaena mysticetus

Name

Synonyms: Balaena mysticetus arctica Schlegel, 1841; Balaena mysticetus borealis Lesson, 1828; Balaena mysticetus groenlandica Kerr, 1792; Balaena mysticetus pitlekajensis Malm, 1883; Balaena mysticetus roysii Dall, 1874; Balaena prisca Nilsson, 1847; Balaena vulgaris Brisson, 1762; Baloena mysticetus Robineau, 1989
Homonyms: Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Arctic Right Whale in English; Baleine boréale in English; Ballena de Groenlandia in English; Bowhead in English; Bowhead in English; Bowhead in English; Bowhead in English; Bowhead Whale in English; Bowhead whale in language.; Bowhead whale in English; Bunch-back Whale in English; Great Polar Whale in English; Greenland Right Whale in English; Greenland Whale in English; Greenland whale in English; Greenland whale in English; Gronland-Wal in English; Grönlandwal in German; Grønlandshval in Norwegian; Steeple-top in English; baleine boréale in French; baleine boréale in French; baleine franche boréale in French; black right whale in English; black right whale in English; bowhead whale in English; bowhead whale in English; bowhead whale in English; Bowhead Whale in English; Groenlandse walvis in Dutch; grönlandsval in Swedish; Arctic right whale in English; Arfivik in language.; Arviq in Inuktitut; Aġvik in Inupiaq; Baleine du Groenland in French; Ballena de Groenlandia in Spanish; Bogenkopf in German; Greenland Right Whale in English; Greenland right whale in English; Greenland whale in English; Grenlandinis banginis in Lithuanian; Grenlandski kit in Slovenian; Grenlаndski kit in Bulgarian; Groenlandse walvis in Dutch; Gronland balinası in Turkish; Grönland balinası in Turkish; Grönlandswal in German; Grønlandshval in Danish; IJswalvis in Dutch

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