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Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Balaenidae
genus
Eubalaena
species
Eubalaena glacialis

Name

Synonyms
Balaena biscayensis Eschricht, 1860
Balaena cisarctica Cope, 1865
Balaena eubalaena Gray, 1871
Balaena euskariensis Real, 1890
Balaena glacialis Bonnaterre, 1789
Balaena glacialis Borowski, 1781
Balaena glacialis Müller, 1776
Balaena glacialis glacialis
Balaena islandica Brisson, 1762
Balaena islandica Gmelin, 1788
Balaena mediterranea Gray, 1870
Balaena mysticetus islandica Kerr, 1792
Balaena nordcaper Lacépède, 1804
Balaena svendenborgii (Lilljeborg, 1868)
Balaena swedenborgii (Lilljeborg, 1868)
Balaena tarentina Capellini, 1877
Balaena vanbenedeniana Fischer, 1881
Balaena vanbenediana Capellini, 1873
Baloena glacialis Robineau, 1989
Eubalaena glacialis glacialis
Homonyms
Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
Common names
Atlantik-Nordkaper in German
Baleine franche de l’Atlantique Nord, Baleine franche boréale, Baleine des Basques, Baleine de Biscaye in French
Baleine noire in French
Ballena franca in Spanish
Ballena franca in Spanish
Ballena franca del Atlantico in language.
Biscayan Right Whale in English
Biscayan Right Whale in English
Black Right Whale in English
Black Right Whale in English
Nordcaper in English
Nordcaper in English
Nordkaper in Danish
Nordkaper in Norwegian
Nordkaper in German
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
North Atlantic right whale in English
Northern Right Whale in English
Northern Right Whale in English
Northern Right Whale in English
Northern Right Whale in English
Northern Right Whale in English
Northern right whale in English
Northern right whale in language.
baleine franche noire in French
baleine noire in French
baleine noire in French
black right whale in English
black right whale in English
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
North Atlantic Right Whale in English
Northern Right Whale in English
noordkaper in Dutch
nordkapare in Swedish
nordkaper in Norwegian Bokmål
nordkaper in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Arfiviit Arlaat in language.
Atlantischer Nordkaper in German
Atlantischer Nordkaper in German
Baleine de Biscaye in French
Ballena Franca del Norte in Spanish
Biscayan Right Whale in English
Biscayan right whale in English
Biskajski kit in Slovenian
Biskayerwal in German

Bibliographic References

  1. American Society of Mammalogists (2018) Mammal Diversity Database.
  2. Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.
  3. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  4. Hershkovitz, Philip, 1966: Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 246. viii + 259.
  5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  6. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  7. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  8. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  9. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  10. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
  11. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
  12. Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum: Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. <em>Copenhagen: Typis Hallagerii.</em> 282 pp.
  13. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
  14. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  15. Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  16. Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306.
  17. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  18. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  19. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
  20. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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