Template:Mysticeti taxonomy
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- Suborder Mysticeti: Baleen Whales
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- Family Balaenidae
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- Genus Balaena
- Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus
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- Genus Eubalaena
- North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis
- North Pacific Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica
- Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
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- Family Balaenopteridae: Rorquals
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- Subfamily Balaenopterinae
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- Genus Balaenoptera
- Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
- Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera brydei
- Pygmy Bryde's Whale, (Eden's Whale) Balaenoptera edeni
- Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Northern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Southern Minke Whale, (Antarctic Minke Whale) Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Balaenoptera omurai, discovery announced November 2003. No common name yet in usage
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- Subfamily Megapterinae
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- Genus Megaptera
- Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
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- † Genus Eobalaenoptera
- † Eobalaenoptera harrisoni, fossil species first discovered June 2004. No common name.
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- Family Eschrichtiidae
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- Genus Eschrichtius
- Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus
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- † Family Janjucetidae
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- † Genus Janjucetus
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- Family Neobalaenidae
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- Genus Caperea
- Pygmy Right Whale, Caperea marginata
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- † Family Mammalodontidae
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- † Genus Mammalodon
†Extinct
