Bowhead Whale
Balaena mysticetus
Also known as: Bowhead, Black Right Whale, Greenland Whale, Greenland Right Whale, Arctic Right Whale
Habitat
Aquatic
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
100000.0 kg
LCMammaliaCetaceaBalaenidae
Seasonal Activity
3,815 sightings · 2000–2025
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Balaenidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Aquatic
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 100000.0 kg
Photo
(c) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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Occurrence data from GBIF.