North Pacific Right Whale

Eubalaena japonica

• Group: Whale
• IUCN status: EN

The North Pacific right whale is one of the rarest large whales alive, with only a few hundred thought to remain. It feeds by skimming, swimming mouth open through clouds of plankton and straining them through its baleen, and ranges across a wide span of depths.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Cetartiodactyla › Balaenidae › Eubalaena

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 254974.