Additional
Information: The family Balaenidae, consisting of the
Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis), the Bowhead Whale, or Greenland Right Whale (Balaena mysticetus), and the Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata), which is sometimes split off into its own family, the Neobalaeni
Right Whales Sites:
Eubalaena.org
News and information about the biology and conservation of Right Whales and other large whales around the world. http://www.eubalaena.org/
Pygmy Right Whale
Description of Caperea marginata from Walker's Mammals of the World. http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/cetacea/cetacea.neobalaenidae.caperea.html
Right Whales
Description of the Balaenidae and its two species from Walker's Mammals of the World by Ronald Nowak. http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/cetacea/cetacea.balaenidae.html
Right Whale Data and Maps
Extensive information from the western North Atlantic, including sighting reports, Right Whale recovery plans, and whale watch guidelines, and reports on entangled whales. http://whale.wheelock.edu/rightwhale/
Northern and Southern Right Whales
Information from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory. http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/cetaceans/right1.htm