Pygmy right whale  (Caperea marginata)

IUCN Red List species status – Data Deficient
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Facts – Pygmy right whale

French: Baleine Pygmée
Spanish: Ballena Franca Pigmea
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderCetartiodactyla
FamilyNeobalaenidae
GenusCaperea (1)

Status – Pygmy right whale

Classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (2).

Description – Pygmy right whale

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References

  1. IUCN Red List (November, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. CITES (November, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
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