Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Mysticeti > Family Balaenidae > Genus Balaena

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Balaena*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aleutian: kulema; kuliamilak; ugamachcach

Bokmål (Norwegian): grønlandshval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Grenlаndski kit; Гренландски кит sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Chukchi (Louravetlany): ittiv

Chukot: ittiv

Czech: velryba grónská

Danish: bartfisch; grönlandhval; grönlandshval; rethval; sandhval; schlichteback

Dutch: Groenlandse walvis; walvisch

English: Arctic right whale; baleine a tete d'arc; black right whale; bowhead whale; bunch-back whale; great polar whale; Greenland right whale; Greenland whale; whalebone whale; whale-fish sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Bowhead whale

Evenki: kallium

French: baleine; baleine de grande baie; baleine du Groenland; baleine franche; baleine franche boréale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Bogenkopf; Grönlandswal; Nordwal; Polarwal; Walfisch

Greek: Φάλαινα της Αρκτικής sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greenlandic: akbek; arbavirsoak; arbek

Icelandic: gröenlandshvalur; nordvalur; sletbacur; vatushalar

Italian: balena artica; balena della Groenlandia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: hokkyoku kujira; serbio

Kalaallisut: akbek; arbavirsoak; arbek; sokalik

Latvian: walzius

Lithuanian: Grenlandinis banginis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: gronlandshval; grønlandshval; gronlandskhval; hvalfisk; sietback; sletbag; sletbak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: grønlandshval sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:75

Norwegian Nynorsk: grønlandskval sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:75

Nynorsk (Norwegian): grønlandskval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: wieloryb grenlandzki

Portuguese: baleia da Gronelândia

Russian: greenlandskiy kit; poliarskyi kit; гренландский; или полярный кит sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: Grenlandski kit sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: ballena boreal; ballena de cabeza arqueada; ballena de Groenlandia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: grönlandsval; hvalfisk; rättval

Turkish: Gronland balinası; Grönland balinası sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гренландський кит; Кит гренландський; полярний кит sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Yakut: kakhlim

Yupik: agkhovik; akhgvopik; kiralick

Literature

original description	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.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 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.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.

Taxon found in 1155 publications.

4 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (590 nucleotides; 184 proteins)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (364 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137086