Northern right whale
For a long time, the term northern right whale unified the two northern populations of the whale genus Eubalaena . In 2001, however, DNA analyzes of the genus proved that these populations were two distinct species : the northern Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ) and the northern Pacific right whale ( Eubalaena japonica ).
Web links
- Species protection . In: Focus from April 28, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ HC Rosenbaum et al .: World-wide genetic differentiation of Eubalaena : Questioning the number of right whale species . In: Molecular Ecology . 9, No. 3, 2000, pp. 1793-1802. doi : 10.1046 / j.1365-294x.2000.01066.x . PMID 11091315 .
- ↑ Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder: Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic reference . 3rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .