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Right Whales And Bowhead Whales

Balaenidae Gray 1821

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Balaenidae Gray 1821
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Balaenidae
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Balaenidae
Recognized by AnAge articles, IABIN, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, Denmark Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greenland Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Norway Species List, Portugal Species List, Russia Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Africa Species List, Sweden Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Arctic Ocean Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Northwestern Passages Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, OBIS environmental data records, and United States Species List
Balaenidae Gray 1821
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

? balaenopsis Van Beneden, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? belgica Abel, 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dubia Bravard, 1858
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dubusi Van Beneden, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? forsythmajori Pilleri, 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? insignis Van Beneden, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? japonica Gray, 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lawley Capellini, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? meneghinii Capellini, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? molassicus Jager, 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? montalionis Capellini, 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? simpsoni Phillipi, 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Balaenidae
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, Conabio, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF nat'l node type records Netherlands, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, Paleobiology Database, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Balaenidae Gray 1821
Authority according to NCBI

Common Names

English

right whales and bowhead whales preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa and World Register of Marine Species
bowhead whales and right whales
prefer
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web

Arabic

بالينات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

հարթ կետեր preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Əsl balinalar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Кітовыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Гладки китове preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

balènids preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

露脊鲸科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Glatki kitovi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

velrybovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Rethvaler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Echte walvissen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Balenedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Silevaallased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Silovalaat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Galician

Balea vasca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

სადა ვეშაპისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Glattwale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

בלניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

simabálnafélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

セミクジラ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, World Register of Marine Species, and admin

Kazakh

Тегіс киттер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

참고래과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

polāro vaļu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingua Franca Nova

Balena franca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Glotnieji banginiai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

мазни китови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

retthvalfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species
rettkvalfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Persian

نهنگ شکار preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

walowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Baleia-franca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Гладкие киты preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Glatki kitovi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Veľrybovité preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Rätvalar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
rätvalar
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Turkish

Gerçek balinagiller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Китові preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

بالينات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

露脊鲸科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

露脊鲸科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Balaenidae Gray 1821

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Mysticeti
Balaenidae Gray 1821 (this page)
Balaena Linnaeus 1758
Eubalaena Gray 1864
Aetiocetidae
Aglaocetidae
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriopsidae
Diorocetidae
Eomysticetidae
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873
Pelocetidae
Tranatocetidae
unclassified Mysticeti

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Mysticeti Flower 1864
Balaenidae Gray 1821 (this page)
Balaena Linnaeus 1758
Eubalaena Gray 1864
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Balaenidae Gray 1821 (this page)
Balaena Linnaeus 1758
Eubalaena Gray 1864
Aetiocetidae
Aglaocetidae
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriopsidae
Diorocetidae
Eomysticetidae
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873
Pelocetidae
Tranatocetidae
unclassified Mysticeti

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Mysticeti
Balaenidae (this page)
Balaena
Eubalaena
Aetiocetidae
Aglaocetidae
Balaenopteridae
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriopsidae
Diorocetidae
Eomysticetidae
Eschrichtiidae
Isocetus Van Beneden 1880
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Neobalaenidae
Pelocetidae
Piscocetus Pilleri
Tiphyocetus Kellogg 1931
Tranatocetidae
Whakakai Tsai

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Balaenidae Gray 1821 (this page)
Balaena Linnaeus 1758
Eubalaena Gray 1864
Aetiocetidae
Aglaocetidae
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriopsidae
Diorocetidae
Eomysticetidae
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873
Pelocetidae
Tranatocetidae
unclassified Mysticeti

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Balaenidae (this page)
Balaena Linnaeus 1758
Balaenella Bisconti 2005
Balaenotus van Beneden 1872
Balaenula van Beneden 1872
Eubalaena Gray 1864
Mesoteras Cope 1870
Morenocetus Cabrera 1926
Peripolocetus Kellogg 1931
Acrodelphidae
Acrodelphinidae
Acrophyseter Lambert, Bianucci & de Muizon 2008
Aetiocetidae
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Alpherat bramblei
Ambulocetidae
Amphiptera Giglioli 1870
Ashleycetidae
Awadelphis Murakami 2016
Balaenodontae
Balaenopteridae
Basilosauridae
Brujadelphis Lambert et al. 2017
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriopsidae
Coronodon Geisler et al. 2017
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae
Diorocetus Kellogg 1968
Eomysticetidae
Eoplatanistidae
Eschrichtiidae
Eudelphis de Bus 1872
Eurhinodelphidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Graamocetus Hoch 2004
Halicetus Kellogg 1969
Hapalodectidae
Hemisyntrachelidae
Herentalia Bisconti 2014
Herpetocetus van Beneden 1872
Hyperoodontidae
Hypognathodontidae
Imerocetus Mchedlidze 1964
Iniidae
Inticetidae
Isocetus Van Beneden 1880
Isthminia Pyenson et al. 2015
Janjucetidae
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae
Kurdalagonus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
Lipotidae
Livyatan Lambert, Bianucci, Post, de Muizon, Salas-Gismondi, Urbina & Reumer 2010
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Mesonychidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae
Mystacodontidae
Neobalaenidae
Neoballaenidae
Neosqualodon Dal Piaz 1904
Odobenocetopsidae
Palaeobalaena Moreno 1882
Patriocetidae
Phococetus Gervais 1876
Phocoenidae
Physeteridae
Piscocetus Pilleri & Pilleri 1989
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Protocetidae
Pterobalaenidae
Remingtonocetidae
Rhabdosteidae
Rhynchoceti
Sachalinocetus Dubrovo 1971
Saurocetus Agassiz 1848
Simocetidae
Squalodelphidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
Tiphyocetus Kellogg 1931
Titanocetus Bisconti 2006
Tranatocetidae
Triisodontidae
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Zignodelphidae
Ziphiidae
Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Mysticeti Flower 1864
Balaenidae Gray 1821 (this page)
Balaena Linnaeus 1758
Eubalaena Gray 1864
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Balaenidae (this page)
Balaena mysticetus
Balaena mysticetus
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
Balaena mysticetus Okhotsk Sea subpopulation Linnaeus 1758
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins 1822)
Eubalaena australis Chile-Peru subpopulation (Desmoulins 1822)
Eubalaena glacialis (P. L. S. Müller 1776)
Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède 1818)
Eubalaena japonica Northeast Pacific subpopulation (Lacépède 1818)
Antilocapridae
Balaenopteridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Delphinidae
Eschrichtiidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Iniidae
Kogiidae
Lipotidae
Monodontidae
Moschidae
Neobalaenidae
Phocoenidae
Physeteridae
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Ziphiidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Cetacea
Mysticeti
Balaenidae (this page)
Balaena
Eubalaena
Balaenopteridae
Eschrichtiidae
Neobalaenidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Cetacea
Mysticeti
Chaeomysticeti
Balaenoidea
Balaenidae (this page)
Balaena
Balaeninae
Eubalaena
Morenocetus

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Balaenidae (this page)
Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Cetancodonta Arnason, Gullberg, Gretasdottir, Ursing & Janke 2000
Delphinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Kogiidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Monodontidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Mysticeti Flower 1864
Mysticeti incertae sedis
Neobalaenidae
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Phocoenidae
Phocoenidae
Physeteridae
Physeteridae
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870
Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae Gray 1850
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