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    whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus Balaena. It...
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    early whaling days, they were all thought to be a single species, Balaena mysticetus. Eventually, it was recognized that bowheads and right whales were...
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    Whale vocalizations are the sounds made by whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable...
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    closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena). Family Balaenidae Genus Balaena Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus Genus Eubalaena North Atlantic right...
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  • Blue whale, North Pacific and North Atlantic stocks Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus (five populations assessed, from critically endangered to LR/cd) Lake...
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    authoritative classification listed just two species: Balaena glacialis (the right whales) and Balaena mysticetus (the bowheads). In 2000, two studies of DNA samples...
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    PMID 23586609. George, J.; Rugh, D.; Suydam, R. (2018). "Bowhead Whale: Balaena mysticetus". Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (Third ed.). Princeton: Academic...
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    unnecessary weight which would hinder speed. However, the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), the North Atlantic (Eubalaena glacialis), and North Pacific (E....
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    all thought to be a single species, Balaena mysticetus. The southern right whale was initially described as Balaena australis by Desmoulins in 1822. Eventually...
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  • had died in August 2014 at an age of 155. Whales (bowhead whale) (Balaena mysticetus about 200 years)—Although this idea was unproven for a time, recent...
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    Cetacean Society. Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) sighting in the Franz Josef Land area.. "Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) sighting in the Franz Josef...
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    Muscles of the Rudimentary Hind-Limb of the Greenland Right-Whale (Balaena mysticetus)". Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. 15 (Pt 2): i1–176. PMC 1310010...
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    (1989), "Feeding, aerial and play behaviour of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, summering in the Beaufort Sea" (PDF), Aquatic Mammals, 15 (1): 27–37...
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    2013. "Bowhead Whale (Balaena Mysticetus) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries." Bowhead Whale (Balaena Mysticetus) - Office of Protected...
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    to other higher mammals. Some species, such as the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), can reach over 200 years. Based on the annual rings of the bony...
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  • in January 2015 claimed to have found genes in the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) that may be associated with longevity. Around the same time, a second...
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  • list of Arctic cetaceans. Balaenidae Bowhead whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ, arviq) Balaena mysticetus Balaenopteridae Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus Sei whale Balaenoptera...
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    Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), caught in an Inuit subsistence whale hunt in Igloolik, Nunavut in 2002...
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    metabolized by the body differently. This was looked at in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) for two main reasons: they are large animals with slow metabolisms...
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    Ivashchenko, Y. V. & Clapham, P. J. (2012). "Soviet catches of bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) and right whales (Eubalaena japonica) in the North Pacific and Okhotsk...
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    COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus (PDF). COSEWIC. 2005. ISBN 0-662-40573-0. "Coral Harbour - Land and...
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    status Global population estimate Range Size Picture Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 LC IUCN 10,000 60 t (66 short tons) Genus Eubalaena...
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    of the World. Knofp (2002), ISBN 978-0-375-41141-0 Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus. Marinebio.org (30 September 2011) Maine Department of Inland Fisheries...
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    with the longest duration being recorded for the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), which reaches maturity at an age of only about 23 years. Wikimedia...
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    uria and cormorants. Sea waters are often visited by bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)...
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  • whale, Eubalaena australis LC Bowhead whale or Greenland right whale, Balaena mysticetus LC Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC (ssp. acutorostrata...
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    Adrian E.; Zeh, Judith E. (30 May 1996). "Estimating Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus, Population Size and Rate of Increase from the 1993 Census". Bayesian...
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  • 27 m (89 ft) in length and weight of 109 tonnes, and the bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) and North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica), both measured...
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  • underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti Family: Balaenidae Genus: Balaena Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus LC (vagrant) Genus: Eubalaena North Atlantic right whale...
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    PMID 22558102. Cooke, J.G.; Brownell Jr.; R.L.; Shpak, O.V. (2018). "Balaena mysticetus Okhotsk Sea subpopulation". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018:...
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