Annex. Nomenclature of Whales

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Balaenidae (Right Whales)







Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus
Greenland whale
Baleine franche
Gröenland Walvish

Right Whale
Baleine du Groenland


Bowhead



Arctic Whale



Great Polar Whale






Eubalaena glacialis Bonnaterre
Right Whale
Baleine de Biscaye
Noordkaper

Biscayan Right Whale






Eubalaena japonica lacépede
North Atlantic Right Whale










Eubalaena australis Desmoulins
Nordcaper



North Cape Whale



Scrag Whale



Black Whale



Black Right Whale



Southern Right Whale






Neobalaena marganita Gray
Pigmy Right Whale
Baleine franche naine
Dwerg Walvisch




Balaenopteridae



(Furrow-throated Whales)







Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre
Hump Whale
Mégaptêre Jubarte
Bultrug

Humpbacked Whale


Megaptera Novae Angliae Borowski
Humpback



Hunchbacked Whale



Bunch


Balaenoptera (Sibbaldus) musculus Linnaeus
Sibbald's Rorqual
Baleine bleue
Blauwe Vinvisch

Blue Whale
Rorqual bleu


Sulphur Bottom



Great Northern



Rorqual






Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus
Fin Whale
Rorqual commun
Gewone Vinvisch

Finner



Common Finback



Herring Whale



Razorback



Common Rorqual






Balaenoptera borealis Lesson
Sei Whale
Rorqual de Rudolf
Noordsche Vinvisch

Pollack Whale



Coalfish Whale



Rudolphi's Rorqual


Balaenoptera Brydei olsen
Bryde's Whale
Baleine de Bryde
Bryde Vinvisch

Sei Whale


Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépede
Lesser Rorqual-Minke
Petit Rorqual
Dwerg Vinvisch

Little Piked Whale



Pike-headed Whale


Rhachianectidae



Rhachianectes glaucus Cope
Gray Whale
Baleine grise
Gryze Walvisch

Gray Back



Californ. Gray Whale



Pacific Gray Whale



Devil Fish



Hard Head



Mussel Digger



Rip Sack


Physeteridae



Physeter Catadon Linnaeus
Sperm Whale
Cachalot
Potvisch

Pot Whale



Cachalot










Ziphiidae



Hyperoodon ampullatus
Bottlenose (Arctic)

Snavel Potvisch
Hyperoodon planifrons
Bottlenose (Antarctic)