CaRMS taxon details
original description
Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 page(s): 7 (species number 49) [details]
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record
Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source
Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source
Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source
Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]
additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source
Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diet Copepods (largely of the genera Calanus and Pseudocalanus) and krill. [details]
Distribution Eastern and Western North Atlantic Ocean [details]
Holotype None, based on the North Atlantic "sild-qval," "lille-hval," or "Nord-Kaper" of Norwegian whalers and reference to Egede (1742)Des alten Grönlandes Naturell-historie, Kopenhagen, Chapter 6. [details]
IUCN Red List Category Endangered (EN) [details]
Morphology Distinguishing characteristics: craggy patches on head called "callosities" used to identify individuals. Lift large, all black tail when diving. Blow readily visible-6 m (20') v-shaped. No dorsal fin. Large lower lips, narrow rostrum, broad throat without throat pleats. Black to mottled grey, white scarring, white belly patches in 30% of individuals. [details]
Predators Approximately one-third of all right whale mortality is caused by human activities (NOAA,NMFS-NE-162). Young animals, ages 0-4 years, are the most vunerable [details]
Reproduction Wintering and calving in Decmeber to March in Georgia/Florida waters. Summer feeding and nursery grounds in New England waters, Bay of Fundy and Scotian Shelf. Weaning is at one year. [details]
Type locality North Cape, Norway [details]From other sources
Dimensions Length: male 49-54' (14.9-16.4 m), female 51-60' (15.5-18.3 m), at birth 16' + (4.9 m+) [details]
Distribution temperate and subpolar waters of North Atlantic [details]
Habitat inshore and offshore [details]
Language | Name | |
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Basque |
sardaco-baleac |
[details] |
Bulgarian |
Южен китyuzhen kit |
[details] |
Catalan |
balena basca |
[details] |
Czech |
velryba černáveloryba biskeyská |
[details] |
Danish |
svarthvalnordkapernordhvalnoordkaperbiscayrhval |
[details] |
Dutch |
noordkaper |
[details] |
English |
northern right whaleNorth Atlantic right whalenordcaperblack right whaleBiscayan right whale |
[details] |
French |
sardebaleine franche noirebaleine franche de Biscayebaleine d'Islandebaleine des Basquesbaleine de Biscaye |
[details] |
German |
NordkaperNordatlantischer GlattwalNordatlantische GlattwalEiswalfischBiskayerwalAtlantischer Nordkaper |
[details] |
Icelandic |
sljettbakurhafurkitti |
[details] |
Italian |
balena nera balena franca nordatlanticabalena francabalena dei Baschi |
[details] |
Lithuanian |
pietinis banginis |
[details] |
Modern Greek (1453-) |
Νότια σωστή φάλαινα |
[details] |
Norwegian |
sildualnordkarper nordkapernordhvalliljehvalid |
[details] |
Norwegian Bokmål |
nordkaper |
[details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk |
nordkaper |
[details] |
Polish |
wieloryb biskajski |
[details] |
Portuguese |
baleia franca negra |
[details] |
Russian |
кит южныйnastoiashchii Atlanticheskii kitnastoiashchii Atlanticheskii kitiuzhnyi kitbiskai kit |
[details] |
Slovenian |
Biskajski kit |
[details] |
Spanish |
vallenaballena vizcayaballena vascaballena francaballena de los vascosballena con bonete |
[details] |
Swedish |
nordcapereishafs hvalfisk |
[details] |
Turkish |
buzul balinası |
[details] |
Ukrainian |
Південний китКит південний |
[details] |
Welsh |
morfil y basgiaid |
[details] |
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