Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 723

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scientific name	Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
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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 .