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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

Bibliography [top]

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Reeves, R.R., Smith, B.D., Crespo, E.A. and di Sciara, G.N. (compilers) 2003. Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation Action Plan for the World's Cetaceans. IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
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 22 May 2013.
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