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Line 1: − [[Image: Right whale.jpg|thumb|A right whale]] + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − − *'''CLASS''': Mammalia − *'''ORDER''': Cetacea − *'''SUBORDER''': Mysticeti − *'''FAMILY''': Balaenidae − *'''GENUS''': Eubalaena − *'''SPECIES''': glacialis (North Atlantic right whale),japonica (North Pacific right whale), and australis (southern right whale) −
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{{Taxonomy
|name=Right whale
|image=Right whale.jpg
|caption=
|superkingdom=
|kingdom=Animalia
|subkingdom=
|superphylum=
|phylum= Chordata
|subphylum=
|infraphylum=
|microphylum=
|superdivision=
|division=
|subdivision=
|superclass=
|class=Mammalia
|subclass=
|infraclass=
|superorder=
|order=Cetacea
|suborder=Mysticeti
|infraorder=
|superfamily=
|family=Balaenidae
|subfamily=
|supertribe=
|tribe=
|subtribe=
|genera=
|genus=Eubalaena
|subgenus=
|species=
|binomialname=E. glacialis; E. japonica; E. australis
|sub=
|alt=
}}
The '''right whale''' received its name from whalers who thought that it was the "right" whale to kill because it was correct commercially ([[oil]] came from whales in those days). They were easy targets. Right whales swim slowly and float when dead, which was important in those days. The exploitation of the right whale began in the Bay of Biscay in Spain by the 12th century and continued, especially in the North Atlantic, for many centuries. Despite being protected since the 1930s, the right whale is today the most endangered of all the great whales.
The '''right whale''' received its name from whalers who thought that it was the "right" whale to kill because it was correct commercially ([[oil]] came from whales in those days). They were easy targets. Right whales swim slowly and float when dead, which was important in those days. The exploitation of the right whale began in the Bay of Biscay in Spain by the 12th century and continued, especially in the North Atlantic, for many centuries. Despite being protected since the 1930s, the right whale is today the most endangered of all the great whales.
==Physical Description==
==Physical Description==