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Balaenidae
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Balaenidae () is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti (baleen whales) that contains mostly fossil taxa and two living genera: the right whale (genus Eubalaena), and the closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena).
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Balaenidae is a family of marine mammals within the order Cetacea, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and holds an accepted status in the World Register of Marine Species. Common names for the group include right whales and bowhead whales, as well as retthvalfamilien and gladki kiti.
Records of this family are held by institutions such as the USNM and SDNHM in the United States. The iDigBio database contains 150 records and 13 media items for the family, while GBIF lists 67,289 occurrences. The subject is referenced by 357 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
right whales and bowhead whales
Balaenidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetacea
- FamilyBalaenidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 150
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Balaenidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Evolutionary history
- Description
- Distribution
- Exploitation and conservation status
- References
- External links
Balaenidae () is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti (baleen whales) that contains mostly fossil taxa and two living genera: the right whale (genus Eubalaena), and the closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena).
==Taxonomy== Family Balaenidae Genus Balaena Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus Genus Eubalaena North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
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