|
|
|
WoRMS taxon details
original description
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 7 (species number 49) [details] 
original description
(of Balaena tarentina Capellini, 1877) Capellini, G. (1877). Della balena di Taranto confrontata con quelle della Nuova Zelanda e con talune fossili del Belgio e della Toscana. Memoria letta nella sessione del 12 aprile 1877. <em>Memorie Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (serie 3).</em> 8: 3-32. [details]
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record
Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source
Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source
Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source
Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]
additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source
Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors  [request]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diet Copepods (largely of the genera Calanus and Pseudocalanus) and krill. [details]
Distribution Eastern and Western North Atlantic Ocean [details]
Holotype None, based on the North Atlantic "sild-qval," "lille-hval," or "Nord-Kaper" of Norwegian whalers and reference to Egede (1742)Des alten Grönlandes Naturell-historie, Kopenhagen, Chapter 6. [details]
IUCN Red List Category Endangered (EN) [details]
Morphology Distinguishing characteristics: craggy patches on head called "callosities" used to identify individuals. Lift large, all black tail when diving. Blow readily visible-6 m (20') v-shaped. No dorsal fin. Large lower lips, narrow rostrum, broad throat without throat pleats. Black to mottled grey, white scarring, white belly patches in 30% of individuals. [details]
Predators Approximately one-third of all right whale mortality is caused by human activities (NOAA,NMFS-NE-162). Young animals, ages 0-4 years, are the most vunerable [details]
Reproduction Wintering and calving in Decmeber to March in Georgia/Florida waters. Summer feeding and nursery grounds in New England waters, Bay of Fundy and Scotian Shelf. Weaning is at one year. [details]
Type locality North Cape, Norway [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions Length: male 49-54' (14.9-16.4 m), female 51-60' (15.5-18.3 m), at birth 16' + (4.9 m+) [details]
Distribution temperate and subpolar waters of North Atlantic [details]
Habitat inshore and offshore [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|
|
Basque |
sardaco-baleac |
[details] | |
Bulgarian |
Южен китyuzhen kit |
[details] | |
Catalan |
balena basca |
[details] | |
Czech |
velryba černáveloryba biskeyská |
[details] | |
Danish |
svarthvalnordkapernordhvalnoordkaperbiscayrhval |
[details] | |
Dutch |
noordkaper |
[details] | |
English |
northern right whaleNorth Atlantic right whalenordcaperblack right whaleBiscayan right whale |
[details] | |
French |
sardebaleine franche noirebaleine franche de Biscayebaleine d'Islandebaleine des Basquesbaleine de Biscaye |
[details] | |
German |
NordkaperNordatlantischer GlattwalNordatlantische GlattwalEiswalfischBiskayerwalAtlantischer Nordkaper |
[details] | |
Icelandic |
sljettbakurhafurkitti |
[details] | |
Italian |
balena nera balena franca nordatlanticabalena francabalena dei Baschi |
[details] | |
Lithuanian |
pietinis banginis |
[details] | |
Modern Greek (1453-) |
Νότια σωστή φάλαινα |
[details] | |
Norwegian |
sildualnordkarper nordkapernordhvalliljehvalid |
[details] | |
Norwegian Bokmål |
nordkaper |
[details] | |
Norwegian Nynorsk |
nordkaper |
[details] | |
Polish |
wieloryb biskajski |
[details] | |
Portuguese |
baleia franca negra |
[details] | |
Russian |
кит южныйnastoiashchii Atlanticheskii kitnastoiashchii Atlanticheskii kitiuzhnyi kitbiskai kit |
[details] | |
Slovenian |
Biskajski kit |
[details] | |
Spanish |
vallenaballena vizcayaballena vascaballena francaballena de los vascosballena con bonete |
[details] | |
Swedish |
nordcapereishafs hvalfisk |
[details] | |
Turkish |
buzul balinası |
[details] | |
Ukrainian |
Південний китКит південний |
[details] | |
Welsh |
morfil y basgiaid |
[details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Balaena glacialis glacialis Scheffer & Rice, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Balaena mysticetus islandica Kerr, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balaena islandica Gmelin, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Balaena mediterranea Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Balaena nordcaper Lacépède, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications) (from synonym Balaena glacialis Bonnaterre, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications) (from synonym Balaena glacialis Borowski, 1781)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Macleayius britannicus Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balaena eubalaena Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Balaena euskariensis Real, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena glacialis glacialis Tomilin, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Balaena tarentina Capellini, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Balaena cisarctica Cope, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) (from synonym Balaena biscayensis Eschricht, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eubalaena glacialis)
To GenBank (54792 nucleotides; 43218 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 301637 Eubalaena glacialis Damaged Dorsal Skull)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
|
|
|
Present 
