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Throughout history, the family
Balaenidae has been the subject of great taxonomic 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. In the early whaling
380:. Eventually, it was recognized that bowheads and right whales were in fact different. Later, morphological factors such as differences in the skull shape of northern and southern right whales indicated at least two species of right whale—one in the Northern Hemisphere, the other in the
1007:
Rosenbaum, H. C.; R. L. Brownell Jr.; M. W. Brown; C. Schaeff; V. Portway; B. N. White; S. Malik; L. A. Pastene; N. J. Patenaude; C. S. Baker; M. Goto; P. Best; P. J. Clapham; P. Hamilton; M. Moore; R. Payne; V. Rowntree; C. T. Tynan; J. L. Bannister & R. Desalle (2000).
881:"The taxonomy is not in doubt.... Concerning common names, the species was once commonly known in the North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic as the Greenland Right Whale. However, the common name Bowhead Whale is now generally used for the species."
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Reilly, S.B.; Bannister, J.L.; Best, P.B.; Brown, M.; Brownell Jr., R.L.; Butterworth, D.S.; Clapham, P.J.; Cooke, J.; Donovan, G.; Urbán, J. & Zerbini, A.N. (2012).
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Rosenbaum in 2000, and another study by Churchill in 2007 finally provided clear evidence to conclude that the
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950:. In Perrin, W. F.; Wursig, B.; Thewissen, J. G. M. (eds.).
921:. Society of Marine Mammalogy, Special Publication No. 4.
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Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution
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were known by the common name, "right whales", however
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days, they were all thought to be a single species,
946:Eubalaena glacialis, E. japonica, and E. australis
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1014:: Questioning the number of right whale species"
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831:, in the family Balaenidae (extant taxa only)
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407:living right whale species do comprise a
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346:, who at the time considered all of the
114:Illustration based on recovered fossils
1010:"World-wide genetic differentiation of
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941:
689: (right whales)
440:, described by Eschricht in 1849, are
2717:Mammal genera with one living species
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2424:
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1062:
884:
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2658:97BD16E4-24C9-BBF7-2E32-9F8BC1B06611
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916:
434:, described by Scopoli in 1777, and
954:. Academic Press. pp. 962–69.
862:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
13:
786: (bowhead whales)
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615:, Chile) (possibly a member of
330:genus, as it has only a single
991:
952:Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
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1:
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988:accessed on 21 December 2010
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2727:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
706:North Atlantic right whale
451:
388:, listed just two species:
342:). It was named in 1758 by
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942:Kenney, Robert D. (2008).
732:North Pacific right whale
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900:Zoologische Mededelingen
392:(the right whales) and
917:Rice, Dale W. (1998).
372:
2640:Paleobiology Database
751:Southern right whale
595:Balaena macrocephalus
561:Balaena forsythmajori
424:The fossil record of
368:
869:: e.T2467A17879018.
891:Müller, J. (1954).
611:(Miocene/Pliocene;
555:/Pliocene; Belgium)
489:Balaena montalionis
370:Balaena montalionis
2335:Plesiobalaenoptera
2182:Archaebalaenoptera
855:Balaena mysticetus
671: Family
661:Family Balaenidae
641:Pampeana Formation
624:Species inquirenda
531:Yorktown Formation
505:Balaena mysticetus
481:Red Crag Formation
394:Balaena mysticetus
378:Balaena mysticetus
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112:Balaena mysticetus
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358:are now known as
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1027:(11): 1793–802.
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514:Late Pleistocene
396:(the bowheads).
326:is considered a
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2240:Eschrichtioides
2220:Cetoteriophanes
2170:Balaenopteridae
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2034:Mithridatocetus
1981:
1902:
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1821:
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1540:Antwerpibalaena
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1464:Micromysticetus
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1417:Eomysticetoidea
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1349:Mammalodontidae
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578:Balaena larteti
548:Balaena arcuata
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540:Dubious species
472:Balaena affinis
454:
442:junior synonyms
315:(whale) in the
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