Species: Eubalaena japonica

North Pacific Right Whale
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Mammalia

    Order

    Cetacea

    Family

    Balaenidae

    Genus

    Eubalaena

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    baleine noire du Pacifique Nord
    Informal Taxonomy
    <p>Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Whales and Dolphins</p>
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae - Eubalaena - as a distinct species in the North Pacific (Gaines et al. 2005). A genetic study of cyamid populations (whale lice) found only on right whales suggests these amphipod crustaceans have been fully (or almost fully) isolated for several million years (Kaliszewska et al. 2005). This finding also strongly supports the view that North Atlantic, North Pacific, and southern populations of right whales should be considered distinct species.
    Short General Description
    A large baleen whale
    Habitat Type Description
    Marine
    Migration
    <p>false - false - false</p>
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G1
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2008-01-04
    Global Status Last Changed
    2006-02-10
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.BC=SH&US.AK=S1&US.CA=SNR&US.HI=S1&US.OR=__" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    North Pacific (Baja California to Bering Sea, and off the northeastern Asian coast south in winter to the Yellow Sea). Existing data suggest that the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, the Okhotsk Sea, the Kuril Islands, and the coast of Kamchatka are the areas with the greatest likelihood of finding North Pacific right whales today (Clapham et al. 2004). See Goddard and Rugh (1998) and Tynan et al. (2001) for a review of recent records in the Bering Sea.
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