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Preferred term

Bowhead Whale  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Balaena mysticetus
  • Greenland Right Whale
  • Greenland, Right Whale
  • Greenland Right Whales
  • Right Whale Greenland
  • Right Whale, Greenland
  • Right Whales, Greenland
  • Whales, Greenland Right

Scope note

  • The species Balaena mysticetus, in the family Balaenidae, found in the colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is derived from the extreme arching of the lower jaw.

History note

  • 2006; use WHALES 1998-2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050642

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