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Balaena mysticetus (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea subpopulation)

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CETARTIODACTYLA	BALAENIDAE

Scientific Name:

Balaena mysticetus (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea subpopulation)

Species Authority:

Linnaeus, 1758

Common Name/s:

English	–	Bowhead Whale
French	–	Baleine Du Groenland
Spanish	–	Ballena De Groenlandia

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/conservation dependent ver 2.3
Year Published:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Cetacean Specialist Group
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Canada; Russian Federation; United States
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Arctic Sea; Pacific – northeast; Pacific – northwest
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Marine

Citation:	Cetacean Specialist Group 1996. Balaena mysticetus (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea subpopulation). In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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