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

Balaenidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Balaena Linnaeus, 1758
Eubalaena Gray, 1864

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English: right whales and bowhead whales sources: MASDEA (1997).

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

Norwegian Bokmål: retthvalfamilien sources: London Med. Repos., 15:310

Norwegian Nynorsk: rettkvalfamilien sources: London Med. Repos., 15:310

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

Swedish: rätvalar

Literature

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	Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Balaenidae. 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:136978