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Right whales

LC control no.sh 85011106
LC classificationQL737.C423 Zoology
Topical headingRight whales
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Variant(s)Balaenidae
See alsoBaleen whales
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Cetacea
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Found inWork cat: 2001020015: Gentle, V. Right whales, 2001.
ITIS Database, Feb. 22, 2001 (Balaenidae; vernacular name: bowhead whales; right whales)
Walker mam. world: v. 2, p. 963 (Cetacea, family Balaenidae, Right whales: family of two recent genera; a third genus Caperea often has been placed in the Balaenidae)
Americana (right whale, any of three species of baleen whales)
Britannica Micro. (right whale: any of three species of baleen whales of the genera Balaena and Caperea, family Balaenidae)