Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 75 View Cited Treatment .
Type Locality: "Habitat in Oceano Groenlandico" (= Greenland Sea).
Vernacular Names: Bowhead.
Distribution: Northern hemisphere: arctic waters. Strays have occured in Japan, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Massachusetts.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered (Spitzbergen population), Endangered (Okhotsk Sea subpopulation and Baffin Bay-Davis Strait stock), Vulnerable (Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin stock), Lower Risk (cd) (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea stock), otherwise listed as Lower Risk (cd) for B. mysticetus .
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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
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