Mammal encyclopedia: North Atlantic right whales (pictured)!

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North Atlantic right whales

Realm: Animal kingdom animalia

Phylum: Chordata phylum chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Cetacea

Suborder: Baleen whale suborder mysticeti

Family: Right whale family balaenidae

Genus: Eubalaena, genus Eubalaena

Species: North Atlantic right whale e. glacialis

( müller, 1776 )

Distribution: North Atlantic waters

Species Overview: summary

Chinese name: North Atlantic right whale (pinyin: běi dà xī yáng lù jǐ jīng);

English name: north atlantic right whale;

Scientific name: eubalaena glacialis.

North Atlantic right whales, which live in the waters of the North Atlantic, currently have about 300 species. It feeds mainly on main copepods and other small invertebrates such as krill and pterodactyls. North Atlantic right whales live 50-80 years, and some live longer.

The IUCN Red List is listed as: Endangered

Body length: total length 13-16 meters

height:

Weight: about 70 tons

Life: 50-80 years

Diet: The staple food is krill

Breeding: 1 litter per litter

habit:

Distribution: North Atlantic waters

[Appearance characteristics] description

North Atlantic right whales are 13-16 meters long and weigh about 70 tons. North Atlantic ridgelets, like other right whales, can be distinguished by the cocoons on their heads, their broad, unbranched backs, and arched mouth features. The body of the North Atlantic right whale is dark grey or black, sometimes with some spots on the abdomen.

Growth and breeding

North Atlantic right whales breed once every 3-6 years, each litter is 1 litter, and the newborns are 4-4.6 meters long and weigh about 1400 kg.

Geographical distribution

North Atlantic right whales live in the waters of the North Atlantic, including Canada, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Greenland and Iceland.

Introduction

the north atlantic right whale (eubalaena glacialis, which means "good, or true, whale of the ice"), is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus eubalaena, all of which were formerly classified as a single species。

because of their docile nature, their slow surface-skimming feeding behaviors, their tendencies to stay close to the coast, and their high blubber content (which makes them float when they are killed, and which produced high yields of whale oil), right whales were once a preferred target for whalers, who reportedly considered them the "right" whales to hunt。