Eubalaena japonica

(de Lacépède, 1818)

North Pacific Right Whale

Left ventrolateral view of skull. Formerly in order Cetacea. Also as Japanese Whale|North-west Whale|Pacific Right Whale.

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Location:USA, DC, Washington, United States National MuseumDate taken:Jul 3, 2019

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5640

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

Lacépède, B.G.É. de. 1818. Note sur dés cétacées des mers voisines du Japon. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 4:467-475.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812561

Original name as described

Balæna japonica

Other common names

Japanese Whale · Northwest Whale · Pacific Right Whale

Type material

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"du Japon" (= Japan).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Canada · Japan · North Korea · South Korea? · Russia · United States · China?

Subregion distribution

USA(AK, CA, HI, OR?)

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes citation

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006396

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: 16 names and synonyms.

Balæna japonica

(de Lacépède, 1818)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japonica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

469

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812561

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Desmarest (1822:528, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Lesson (1827:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
True (1885:591, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Balæna lunulata

(de Lacépède, 1818)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

lunulata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

473

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812565

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Schinz (1821:432, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Desmarest (1822:528, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Lesson (1827:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Balaena japanica

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

432

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529193

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:432, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Balaena Kuliomoch

(de Chamisso, 1825)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

kuliomoch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37005586

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Balæna Japonica

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

15, 47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957446 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957478

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Gray (1847:15, 47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57401)
Gray (1847:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57401)

Balæna Sieboldii

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

sieboldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249799

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1864:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20304)
Gray (1866:370, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaena aleoutiensis

(P. J. Van Beneden, 1865)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

aleoutiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

854

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36021173

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique

Name usages

Eubalæna Sieboldii

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

sieboldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729841

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1866:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
Gray (1868:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15869419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60531)
Gray (1870:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)
Gray (1871:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)
Bailey (1936:336, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
Kellogg (1940:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71565)
Scheffer (1942:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72302)
Anderson (1947:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)

Balaena cullamach

(Cope, 1869)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

cullamach

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768374

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Balæna callamach

(J. E. Gray, 1870)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

callamach

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

391

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404914

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1870:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)

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Balaena culammak

(J. E. Gray, 1870)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

culammak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404710

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Balaena alutiensis

(Beddard, 1900)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

alutiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Balaena cullamacha

(Beddard, 1900)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

cullamacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Balaena sieboldi

(Trouessart, 1905)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

sieboldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

787

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423668

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:787, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Eubalaena glacialis japonica

Hershkovitz, 1966

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870034

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Hershkovitz (1966:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11469)

Eubalaena japonica

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

japonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41711/50380694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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