Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Mysticeti > Family Balaenidae

Eubalaena Gray, 1864

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: noordkapers

German: Nordkaper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Σωστές φάλαινες sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: balene franche sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: paprastieji tikrieji banginiai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: retthvaler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: wal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: южные киты sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: balina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гренландські кити

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1864). On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864: 195-248.
basis of record	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Eubalaena Gray, 1864. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159022