Eubalaena glacialis

(O. F. Müller, 1776)

North Atlantic Right Whale

Side view of skull and lower jaw. Formerly in order Cetacea. Also as Biscayan Right Whale|Black Right Whale|Nordcaper|Northern Right Whale.
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Location:USA, MA, Suffolk Co., Boston, New England AquariumDate taken:Jun 22, 2000

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1829

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Cetacea
Infraorder : Mysticeti
Superfamily : Balaenoidea
Family : Balaenidae
Genus : Eubalaena

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. Havniae, Typis Hallageriis, Copenhagen, 282 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499648

Original name as described

Balæna glacialis

Other common names

Biscayan Right Whale · Black Right Whale · Nordcaper · Northern Right Whale

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

North Cape, Norway.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Greenland · Iceland · Norway · United States · Bermuda · Canada · Portugal · Spain? · United Kingdom?

Subregion distribution

USA(AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, RI, SC, VA, TX?)

Distribution notes

vagrant sightings in Gulf of Mexico near Texas

Distribution references

Ward-Geiger, L.I., Knowlton, A.R., Amos, A.F., Pitchford, T.D., Mase-Guthrie, B. and Zoodsma, B.J. 2011. Recent sightings of the North Atlantic Right Whale in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science 29(1):74-78. doi:10.18785/goms.2901.06

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006395

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 25 names and synonyms.

Balæna glacialis

(O. F. Müller, 1776)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

glacialis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499648

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Name usages

  1. Müller (1776:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  2. Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Voigt (1819:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  4. Nilsson (1820:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  5. Hemprich (1820:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  6. Schinz (1821:432, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Desmarest (1822:527, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  8. Billberg (1827:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  9. Lesson (1827:425, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  10. Melchior (1834:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  11. Gistel (1848:274, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  12. Trouessart (1905:787, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  13. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  14. Corbet & Hill (1991:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Balaena glacialis

(Borowski, 1781)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

glacialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28342451

Authority publication

Berlin

Balaena (islandica)

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

islandica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751443

Authority publication

Leipzig

Balaena glacialis

(Bonnaterre, 1789)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

glacialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Paris

Balaena Mysticetus islandica

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

islandica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664387

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Gray (1870:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)

Balaena nordcaper

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

nordcaper

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

xxxvi, 103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51130822 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51130933

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Gray (1871:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaena biscayensis

(Eschricht, 1860)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

biscayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264654

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Gray (1864:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20304)
  2. Gray (1866:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
  3. Murray (1866:340, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Gray (1870:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)
  5. Gray (1871:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)
  6. True (1885:591, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  7. Acloque (1900:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  8. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balæna mysticetus, var. angulata

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

angulata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:338j

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d59ca6e0-9c0e-4b76-aa73-843260fbc8e9

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500502

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1864:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36794)
  2. Gray (1870:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)

Balaena cisarctica

(Cope, 1865)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

cisarctica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:301637

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b00fa66f-80f4-45a3-9279-90420ef80437

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682266

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Balæna cisartica

(Cope, 1865)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

cisartica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682370

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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