Balaenidae
| Balaenidae Temporal range: Miocene to present | |
|---|---|
| Montage of two extant balaenids, Balaena mysticetus (right) and Eubalaena australis (left) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Mysticeti |
| Family: | Balaenidae Gray, 1821 |
| Type genus | |
| Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Genera | |
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Balaena | |
Balaenidae (/bəˈlɛnɪdeɪ, -diː/) is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti (baleen whales) that contains mostly fossil taxa and two living genera: the right whale (genus Eubalaena), and the closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena).
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