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Bowhead Whale
Balaena mysticetus
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Balaenidae
- Genus
- Balaena
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- United States|Canada|Greenland|Russia|Norway|Iceland
- Realm
- Marine
Other names: Arctic Right Whale|Bowhead|Bunch-back Whale|Great Polar Whale|Greenland Right Whale|Greenland Whale|Steeple-top