Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms: Balaena mysticetus subsp. arctica Schlegel, 1841; Balaena mysticetus subsp. borealis Lesson, 1828; Balaena mysticetus subsp. groenlandica Kerr, 1792; Balaena mysticetus subsp. pitlekajensis Malm, 1883; Balaena mysticetus subsp. roysii Dall, 1874; Balaena prisca Nilsson, 1847; Baloena mysticetus Robineau, 1989
Homonyms: Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Bowhead in English; Bowhead in English; Bowhead in English; Bowhead Whale in English; Bowhead whale in language.; Bowhead whale in English; Greenland right whale in language.; Grönlandwal in German; Grønlandshval in Norwegian; baleine boréale in French; baleine boréale in French; baleine franche boréale in French; black right whale in English; bowhead in language.; bowhead whale in language.; bowhead whale in English; bowhead whale in English; bowhead whale in English; Arctic right whale in English; Bogenkopf in German; 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; Nordwal in German; Polarwal in German; Walfisch in German; agkhovik in language.; akbek in Kalaallisut; akhgvopik in language.; arbavirsoak in Kalaallisut; arbek in Kalaallisut; baleia da Gronelândia in Portuguese; baleine in French; baleine a tete d'arc in English; baleine de grande baie in French; baleine du Groenland in French; baleine franche in French; baleine franche boréale in French; balena artica in Italian; balena della Groenlandia in Italian; ballena boreal in Spanish; ballena de Groenlandia in Spanish; ballena de cabeza arqueada in Spanish; bartfisch in Danish

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