Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

North Pacific right whale

Scientific Name : Eubalaena japonica / Japanese Name : semi-kujira

North Atlantic Right Whale

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Mysticeti
Family Balaenidae
Genus Eubalaena
Species japonica
Subspecies -
Subtype -
CITES Appendix II IUCN RedData Status Endangered
Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw 200-270 Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw -
At birth At weaning Adult Adult male Adult female
Body length 5.18ft - 49.0-56.0ft - -
Body weight - - 45-60t - -
Feature and Habit
They have many callosities over the lower jaw and the head The flipper is broad and round. Body color is mostly black, and some northern right whales have white spots at the jaw and the ventral side. The baleen plates (up to 2.8m) are dark colored, with fine fringe bristle, and 200 to 270 per side. They inhabit coastal waters. They make extensive migration.
Description
Reference:
Stranding Record(s) in Japan
Map

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Body length - Locality -
Museum No. - Other No. -

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