Right whale - Wikipedia
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 (E. japonica) and the Southern right whale (E. australis). They are classified in the family Balaenidae with the bowhead whale.
Southern right whale - Wikipedia
The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern right whales inhabit oceans south of the Equator, between the latitudes of 20° and 60° south. [ 5 ]
North Pacific right whale - Wikipedia
The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered. The Northeast Pacific population, which summers in the southeastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, may have no more than 40 animals.
Eubalaena glacialis - Society for Marine Mammalogy
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, [1] all of which were formerly classified as a single species.
Southern Right Whale - NOAA Fisheries
2024年11月22日 · In 2020, NMFS announced the initiation of a 5-year review for the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). NMFS is required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that the listing classifications of species…
North Atlantic Right Whale - Marine Mammal Commission
2024年1月30日 · The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is one the world’s most endangered species of large whale. North Atlantic right whales were first hunted as early as the 9th century by Norse whalers.
Right whale | Size, Diet, & Habitat | Britannica
2025年1月1日 · The name right whale refers to the bowhead, or Greenland right whale (Balaena mysticetus), and to the whales of the genus Eubalaena (though originally only to E. glacialis). The bowhead has a black body, a white chin and throat, and, sometimes, a white belly. It can grow to a length of about 20 metres (65.6 feet), up to 40 percent of which is ...