Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Alternative combinations: Balaena japonica, Eubalaena japonica

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53

Belongs to Eubalaena glacialis according to M. Churchill et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Balaena glacialis lamanoni, Eubalaena glacialis glacialis

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder