North Pacific right whale  (Eubalaena japonica)

IUCN Red List species status – Endangered

  • North Pacific right whale

    © Robert Pitman, NOAA Fisheries

  • North Pacific right whale, showing closed blowholes, callosities and abnormal barnacles probably aquired from association with humpbacks

    © Jim Scarff

  • North Pacific right whale showing paired blowholes

    © Jim Scarff

  • North Pacific right whale, back and blowholes

    © Jim Scarff

  • Tail flukes of a North Pacific right whale, showing unusual barnacles probably aquired from association with humpbacks

    © Jim Scarff

  • Rare image of a North Pacific right whale breaching

    © Jim Scarff

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