AnimaliaNot EvaluatedacceptedspeciesAccepted

Balaena mysticetus

Arctic right whale(+80)·Linnaeus, 1758

GBIF:155301254

0countries

0year

Synonyms

PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Export occurrence data

Darwin Core Archive (ZIP)

GEOGRAPHY

Distribution Map

Occurrence Map

Loading map…

Tiles © GBIF Maps API | Map powered by MapLibre GL

REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(6)

Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland)

European Marine Waters

North West Atlantic

Arctic Ocean

OSPAR Region I

DATA

Occurrence Datasets

Loading datasets…

Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 25 languages.

Arctic right whaleengBogenkopfdeuGreenland right whaleengGreenland whaleengGrenlandinis banginislit+76 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 25 languages.

Arctic right whale

eng

Bogenkopf

deu

Greenland right whale

eng

Greenland whale

eng

Grenlandinis banginis

lit

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Grenlandski kit

slv

Source: Davorin Tome

Grenlаndski kit

bul

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Groenlandse walvis

nld

Gronland balinası

tur

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Grönland balinası

tur

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Grönlandswal

deu

Nordwal

deu

Polarwal

deu

Walfisch

deu

agkhovik

akbek

kal

akhgvopik

arbavirsoak

kal

arbek

kal

baleia da Gronelândia

por

baleine

fra

baleine a tete d'arc

eng

baleine de grande baie

fra

baleine du Groenland

fra

baleine franche

fra

baleine franche boréale

fra

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

balena artica

ita

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

balena della Groenlandia

ita

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

ballena boreal

spa

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

ballena de Groenlandia

spa

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

ballena de cabeza arqueada

spa

bartfisch

dan

black right whale

eng

Source: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

bowhead whale

eng

Source: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

bunch-back whale

eng

finqval

nor

great polar whale

eng

greenlandskiy kit

rus

gronlandshval

nor

gronlandskhval

nor

gröenlandshvalur

isl

grönlandshval

dan

grönlandsval

swe

grønlandshval

nor

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

grønlandshval

nob

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

grønlandskval

nno

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

hokkyoku kujira

jpn

hvalfisk

nor

hvalfisk

swe

ittiv

kakhlim

kallium

kiralick

kulema

kuliamilak

nordvalur

isl

poliarskyi kit

rus

rethval

dan

rättval

swe

sandhval

dan

schlichteback

dan

serbio

jpn

sietback

nor

sletbacur

isl

sletbag

nor

sletbak

nor

sokalik

kal

ugamachcach

vatushalar

isl

velryba grónská

ces

walzius

lav

whale-fish

eng

whalebone whale

eng

wieloryb grenlandzki

pol

Φάλαινα της Αρκτικής

ell

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Гренландски кит

bul

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Гренландський кит

ukr

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Кит гренландський

ukr

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

гренландский

rus

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

или полярный кит

rus

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

полярний кит

ukr

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaChordataVertebrataGnathostomataTetrapodaMammaliaTheriaCetartiodactylaCetancodontaCetaceaMysticetiBalaenidaeBalaenaBalaena mysticetus

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Chordata52,812

SUB

Vertebrata49,207

INF

Gnathostomata49,030

Tetrapoda4,786

Mammalia984

SUB

Theria859

Cetartiodactyla423

SUB

Cetancodonta422

INF

Cetacea421

SUP

Mysticeti58

Balaenidae9

Balaena4

Balaena mysticetus

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (829 nucleotides; 890 proteins)

NCBI:txid27602

UNKNOWN

NOMENCLATURE

Synonyms(6)

Balaena mysticetus arcticaSchlegel, 1841

synonym

Balaena mysticetus borealisLesson, 1828

synonym

Balaena mysticetus groenlandicaKerr, 1792

synonym

Balaena mysticetus pitlekajensisMalm, 1883

synonym

Balaena mysticetus roysiiDall, 1874

synonym

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(10)

Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

additional source

Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (246): 1-259.

additional sourceDOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.246

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

additional source

Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

additional source

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.

original description

Species Profile

Habitat

Distribution Map

Occurrence Map

Geographic Distribution(6)

Occurrence Datasets

Vernacular Names

Taxonomic Classification Tree

External Identifiers(1)

Synonyms(6)

Occurrences with images

References(10)