Right whale (disambiguation)
Right whale may refer to:
Baleen whale taxa:
- the taxonomic family Balaenidae which consists of two genera Eubalaena and the Balaena (Bowhead whale)
- the genus Eubalaena or any of the three species currently recognized in that genus:
- North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis)
- North Pacific right whale (E. japonica)
- Southern right whale (E. australis)
- Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) currently classified in its own family Neobalaenidae.
Other:
- Right Whale Bay, South Georgia
- Right whale dolphin - two species of dolphin in the genus Lissodelphis
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