Balaena mysticetus | COSEWIC- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (2005)
COSEWIC- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada/ COSEPAC- Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada; SARA Registry- Species at Risk Public Registry; Registre de la LEP- Registre public des espèces en péril
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Meets criterion for Endangered, A1b, but assessed as Threatened, A1b, because commercial whaling --the primary cause of the population reduction --has ceased.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Balaena mysticetus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenidae | Balaena |