Right whale

Summary

Right whale is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,737 views/month, #1,098 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Right whale's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Right whale is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Right whale is classified within Balaenidae^[5].
• Right whale's scientific name is Eubalaena^[6].
• Right whale's Commons category is recorded as Eubalaena^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Right whale is Balaena australis^[8].
• Right whale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eubalaena^[9].
• Right whale's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1864^[10].
• Right whale's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES^[11].

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Classification

Right whale's scientific name is Eubalaena^[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Balaenidae^[5]. The taxonomic type of it is Balaena australis^[8].

Identifiers

Right whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41568^[12]. Right whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27605^[13]. Right whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559420^[14]. Right whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440331^[15]. Right whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180536^[16].

Why It Matters

Right whale ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,737 views/month, #1,098 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]