Balaenidae
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Balaenidae is a family of cetaceans that contains two genera. Commonly called the Right Whales as it contains mainly Right whale species. This name can be confusing, however, since one of the species is the Bowhead whale, which is different to the Right whale.
[edit] Taxonomy
- Family Balaenidae
- Genus Balaena
- Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus
- Genus Eubalaena
- Atlantic Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis
- Pacific Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica
- Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
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| Suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales) |
Eschrichtiidae (gray whales) · Balaenopteridae (rorquals) · Balaenidae (right whales) · Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whales) |  |
| Suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales) |
Platanistoidea (river dolphins) · Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) · Phocoenidae (porpoises) · Monodontidae (beluga and narwhal) · Physeteridae (sperm whales) · Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales) · Ziphiidae (beaked whales) | |
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