Right whale
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Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale, the North Pacific right whale and the southern right whale. They are classified in the fam
Southern right whale
North Pacific right whale in Half Moon Bay, California, 20 March 1982, photo by Jim Scarff
Southern right whale in the breeding grounds at Peninsula Valdés, Patagonia
Orange whale lice on a right whale
North Pacific right whale
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The North Pacific right whale is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered.
Right whale
…Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) and the southern right whale (E. australis). They are classified in the family Balaenidae with the bowhead whale. Right whales have rotund…
Eubalaena japonica drawing
North Pacific right whale by John Durban, NOAA
Breaching right whale, Half Moon Bay, California, March 20, 1982, photo by Jim Scarff