North Atlantic right whale

Living species

North Atlantic right whale

Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)

North Atlantic right whale, photo by NOAA Gray's Reef NMS — Photo: NOAA Gray's Reef NMS·source·Public domain (U.S. federal work)

Taxonomy

kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Chordata
class: Mammalia
order: Cetacea
family: Balaenidae
genus: Eubalaena
species: Eubalaena glacialis

Where and when

Range: Atlantic coast of eastern North America
Habitat: Atlantic continental-shelf waters, with northern feeding grounds and southeastern U.S. calving waters.
Lived: Living today

Facts

Feeding: It filters copepods and other zooplankton from the water through baleen plates while swimming with its mouth open.
Source
Migration: Many right whales feed off New England and Canada, then migrate to shallow waters off the southeastern United States to calve.
Source

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