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    The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, all of which...
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    Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale...
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    The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered. On average and...
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    right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern right...
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    the North Pacific (E. japonica) and Southern right (E. australis) whales are more closely related to each other than to the North Atlantic right whale (E...
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  • species of northern right whale: North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Right whale This page is an...
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  • Thumbnail for Pygmy right whale
    The pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is a species of baleen whale. It may be a member of the cetotheres, a family of baleen whales which until 2012...
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  • Thumbnail for Right whale dolphin
    Right whale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis. It contains the northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the southern...
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  • Thumbnail for Common minke whale
    rorquals, and one of the smallest baleen whales (second smallest only to the Pygmy right whale). In the North Atlantic, Norwegian whaling vessels in 1940 allegedly...
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    Balaenidae (category Baleen whales)
    bowhead whale (genus Balaena). Family Balaenidae Genus Balaena Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus Genus Eubalaena North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena...
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  • Thumbnail for Gray whale
    that Roman era whale bones east of the Strait of Gibraltar were gray whales (and North Atlantic right whales), confirming that gray whales once ranged into...
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  • Thumbnail for Bowhead whale
    right whale, the so-called "Swedenborg whale", which was proposed by Emanuel Swedenborg in the 18th century, was once thought to be a North Atlantic right...
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  • Thumbnail for Northern right whale dolphin
    northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) is a small, slender species of cetacean found in the cold and temperate waters of the North Pacific...
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    The southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) is a small and slender species of cetacean, found in cool waters of the Southern Hemisphere. It...
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    New World monkeys. In whales, callosities are rough, calcified skin patches found on the heads of the three species of right whales. Callosities are a characteristic...
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    Endangered" (North Atlantic right whale), "Endangered" (blue whale, North Pacific right whale, and sei whale,) and "Vulnerable" (fin whale and sperm whale). Twenty-one...
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  • Thumbnail for Vessel speed restrictions to reduce ship collisions with North Atlantic right whales
    western North Atlantic right whales was estimated at about 465 whales. Despite recent small growth in population, the North Atlantic right whales remain...
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    Mesoplodont whales are 16 species of toothed whale in the genus Mesoplodon, making it the largest genus in the cetacean order. Two species were described...
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  • Thumbnail for Minke whale
    or three subspecies; the North Atlantic minke whale, the North Pacific minke whale and dwarf minke whale. All minke whales are part of the rorquals,...
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  • Thumbnail for James Boasberg
    biological opinion in 2014 allowing for the accidental killings of North Atlantic right whales, of which only about 400 remain as of April 8, 2020; by the American...
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  • Thumbnail for Baird's beaked whale
    beaked whale (Berardius bairdii), also known as the northern giant bottlenose whale, North Pacific bottlenose whale, giant four-toothed whale, northern...
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  • genus: North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis) North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) Southern right whale (E. australis) Pygmy right whale (Caperea...
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  • Thumbnail for Long-finned pilot whale
    The long-finned pilot whale, or pothead whale (Globicephala melas) is a large species of oceanic dolphin. It shares the genus Globicephala with the short-finned...
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  • Thumbnail for False killer whale
    false killer whale is covered by the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS)...
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  • Thumbnail for New England Aquarium
    the New England Aquarium conducts long-running research on the North Atlantic right whale, and its Quincy Animal Care Center rescues and rehabilitates hundreds...
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  • Thumbnail for Dwarf sperm whale
    The dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) is a sperm whale that inhabits temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, in particular continental shelves and slopes...
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  • "northern right whale" but has more recently been separated into: North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena...
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  • Thumbnail for Museum of the Earth
    exhibits include North Atlantic Right Whale #2030; Rock of Ages, Sands of Time; and A Journey Through Time. North Atlantic Right Whale #2030 was killed...
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  • Old Thom is a male North Atlantic killer whale (orca) known for being the only killer whale to regularly be sighted in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of...
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  • Thumbnail for Pygmy sperm whale
    The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted...
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