Bowhead whales and right whales
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Mysticeti
Family : Balaenidae
Animals in the family Balaenidae |
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| Bowhead |
| Southern right whale |
| Northern right whale |
Facts about the family Balaenidae, the bowhead whales and right whales
Main Entry: balaenidae balaenidae is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged. (Full text)
Anatomical and behavioral analyses suggest that the filtration mechanism of bowhead and right whales (Balaenidae) is driven by hydrodynamic as well as ram hydraulic pressures. (Full text)
†The bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758, family Balaenidae is on p.
Right Whale The right whale, Balaenidae, is one of the most studied marine animals that travel Georgia waters-probably because it is the most rare whale species in the world and therefore protected. (Full text)
(references)Non-English Usage: "Balaenidae" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.
Although incidental take of bowhead whales is apparently rare, there has been one reported entrapment and death of a young bowhead whale in a fishing net in Japan (Nishiwaki and Kasuya, 1970) and another in the waters of northwest Greenland in a net used to capture beluga whales (Kapel, 1985).
At present, the number of bowhead whales is estimated to exceed 7,000.
Specific information about bowhead whales is limited, but references are furnished for additional literature.
If aircraft altitudes of 1500 ft are maintained, little disturbance of the bowhead whales is anticipated.
The diet of bowhead whales is similar to that of right whales. (Full text)
The Eastern Arctic population of Bowhead Whales is even more seriously depleted: only about 250 whales remained in the Baffin Island area in 1991, compared with at least 11,000 in the early 1800s.
Kingdom Animalia (animals) Phylum Chordata (vertebrates) Class Mammalia (mammals) Order Cetacea (whales and dolphins) Suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales) Family Balaenidae Genus Eubalaena SPECIES OF RIGHT WHALESThe number of species of right whales is in dispute; most biologists believe there are two species, Eubalaena glacialis, the northern right whale, and Eubalaena australis, the southern species.
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"To say the last 12 months have been devastating to right whales is an understatement," said Regina Asmutis-Silvia, a biologist for the International Wildlife Coalition in East Falmouth, Massachusetts. (Full text)
Intentional approach to Right Whales is prohibited and may result in a violation of federal or state laws.
"This population of right whales is one of the most endangered populations of large mammals anywhere in the world," said Slay. (Full text)
By Barbara Taormina, Gloucester Daily Times staff A baby boom among right whales is being reported as fishermen get ready to begin using new safety devices to protect the highly endangered species.
And the number one cause of death for adult right whales is collisions with ships. (Full text)
Such a coastal feeding ground for right whales is otherwise unknown in the Southern Hemisphere, presenting a unique opportunity to study the relationships between oceanography, zooplankton abundance, and feeding behavior in these whales.
Bowhead whales are capable of breaking through sea ice at least 7.
COLOR Bowhead whales are blue-black in color, except for a variable amount of white on the lower jaw.
5 m) long and 14 inches (36 cm) wide SOCIAL GROUPS Bowhead whales are not extremely social and congregate in small pods of about 3 whales in the spring and pods of about 50 whales in the fall.
Though bowhead whales are currently designated as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) (Campbell, 1990), a request to harvest one whale per year by the Inuit of the eastern Northwest Territories has been made under the Nunavut Final Land Claim Agreement (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada 1993, summarized in Reeves and Heide-Jørgensen8).
Related Resources • Whale Clip Art • Whale Pictures • Whale IndexStocks of bowhead whales are known to occur: North of Europe Between Canada and Greenland
Bowhead Whale Bowhead whales are the only baleen whales that spend their entire lives in and around Arctic waters.
Bowhead whales are skimmers, like right whales. (Full text)
CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO FRONT PAGE Bowhead Whale By: Chelsea Bowhead whales are the only ones that spend their entire life in sea ice water. (Full text)
Top of Page Bowhead Whale Bowhead whales are the only baleen whales that spend their entire lives in and around Arctic waters. (Full text)
Therefore, the catch limits for bowhead whales in 1995 shall be such that no more than a total of 68 bowhead whales are struck. (Full text)
Right whales are similar to bowhead whales, but smaller.
Right whales are an endangered species and their populations generally remain small even though commercial hunting stopped nearly 100 years ago.
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Whaling The Southern Right whales are vulnerable. (Full text)
Scientists say more right whales are dying
Right whales are so rare that scientists who study them know them by name. (Full text)
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Right whales are much more "robust" than either gray or humpback whales, which look positively svelte in comparison. (Full text)
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