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The bowhead whale is among the largest baleen whale species and is distinguished by its round body with an exceptionally curved rostrum, a large head, and long, dark baleen plates. Relative to its size, the bowhead whale has the largest head of any cetacean, [11] measuring nearly 40% of the total body length. [12]
The four species of the Balaenidae are found in temperate and polar waters; Eubalaena glacialis (North Atlantic right whale), Eubalaena japonica (North Pacific right whale), Eubalaena australis (southern right whale), and Balaena mysticetus (bowhead whale). Bowhead and right whales can reach up to 18 meters in length and over 100 tons at maturity.
The second gray whale, which was captured in 1971 from the same lagoon, was named Gigi II and was released a year later after becoming too big. [158] The last gray whale, J.J., beached itself in Marina del Rey, California, where it was rushed to SeaWorld San Diego and, after 14 months, was released because it got too big to take care of ...
Size Picture Bowhead whale: Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758: LC: 10,000 60 t (66 short tons) Genus Eubalaena Gray, 1864 – three species Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List status Global population estimate Range Size Picture North Atlantic right whale: Eubalaena glacialis Müller, 1776: CR: 350 40–80 t (44–88 short tons)
Through the 19th and 20th centuries, in fact, the family Balaenidae has been the subject of great taxonometric debate. Authorities have repeatedly recategorized the three populations of right whale plus the bowhead whale, as one, two, three or four species, either in a single genus or in two separate genera.
Size comparison of an average human and a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Date: 2006 (converted 2007) Source: Own work: Author: Chris huh (converted by User:King of Hearts malks3d16@gmail.com) Permission (Reusing this file)
Balaena is a genus of cetacean (whale) in the family Balaenidae. Balaena is considered a monotypic genus, as it has only a single extant species, the bowhead whale (B. mysticetus). It was named in 1758 by Linnaeus, who at the time considered all of the right whales (and the bowhead) as a single species.
Six species of dolphins have the word "whale" in their name, collectively known as blackfish: the orca, or killer whale, the melon-headed whale, the pygmy killer whale, the false killer whale, and the two species of pilot whales, all of which are classified under the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins). [6]