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Bowhead whale

LC control no.sh 85016154
LC classificationQL737.C423 Zoology
Topical headingBowhead whale
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Variant(s)Arctic right whale
Arctic whale
Balaena mysticetus
Great polar whale
Greenland right whale
Greenland whale
Polar whale
See alsoBalaena
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Found inAmerican Cetacean Soc. fact sheet via WWW, Feb. 15, 2001 (Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus; also known as the Greenland right whale))
Walker mam. world: v. 2, p. 967 (Bowhead whale or Greenland right whale, Balaena mysticetus)
NUCMC data from New Bedford Whaling Museum, Kendall Institute for Atlantic (Bark). Logbook, 1881 Apr. 18-Oct. 31 (Polar whale)
Cetacea WWW Home page, Apr. 6, 2005 (Bowhead whale; variant names: Greenland Right Whale; Greenland Whale; Great Polar Whale; Arctic Whale; Arctic Right Whale)