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Monotypic taxon: Genus Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 (mammal)
Classification by:

Mammalia Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. see Clade Mammalia Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 2020]
Count: [**] 14f;39g;22s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †1o;28f;239g;37s;1v
   Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery 1997 see Order Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997
  Count: [**] 14f;39g;22s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †28f;238g;37s;1v
     Whippomorpha Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999 see Suborder Whippomorpha
    Count: [**] 14f;39g;22s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †28f;237g;37s;1v
       Cetacea Brisson 1762 see Suborder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
      Count: [**] 13f;39g;22s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †28f;236g;37s;1v [16 Jul 2022]
         Pelagiceti Uhen, 2008
        Count: [**] 13f;39g;22s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †24f;206g;33s;1v [16 Jul 2022]
           Neoceti Fordyce & de Muizon, 2001
          Count: [**] 13f;39g;22s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †22f;191g;32s;1v [16 Jul 2022]
             Mysticeti Cope, 1891 see Parvorder Mysticeti Cope, 1891
            Count: [**] 4f;6g;7s; †7f;54g;10s;1v [10 Jul 2022]
               Chaeomysticeti Mitchell, 1989
              Count: [**] 4f;6g;7s; †4f;45g;8s;1v [10 Jul 2022]
                 Balaenomorpha Geisler & Sanders, 2003
                Count: [**] 4f;6g;7s; †2f;27g;7s;1v [10 Jul 2022]
                   Family Balaenidae Gray, 1821 - right whales
                  Count: [**] 2g;2s; †4g [7 Jul 2022]
                     Genus Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 [monotypic] - bowhead whale, Greenland right whale
                    Count: [*] 1s [7 Jul 2022]
                       Balaena simpsoni (Phillipi, 1887), nom. nud.
                      Count: -
                       1 Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 - Arctic bowhead whale
                      Count: -

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