Summary ²

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of the family Balaenidae, in suborder Mysticeti, and genus Balaena, once thought to include the right whale.

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1. (c) Benutzer:Netspy (Heike Pahlow), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballena_de_Groenlandia.png
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaena_mysticetus

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