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Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) - English
URL: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/species/right/

Abdicating its mandate from Congress to protect the most endangered large whale on Earth, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced in the Federal Register that it is refusing to take action to protect the habitat of the North Pacific right whale.

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Eubalaena: Right Whale - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/cetacea/cetacea.bala

The right whale is primarily a species of temperate waters, though some individuals apparently move just north of the Arctic Circle and just south of the Tropic of Cancer. It is usually found closer to land than are most large whales, especially in the breeding season.

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Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) - English
URL: http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/eubaglac.htm

Habits. Right whales were so named by early whalers because they were the "right" whale to kill — they are slow swimmers and were thus easily caught, floated when dead, and produced large quantities of oil and baleen. Consequently, right whales were decimated early by the world’s whaling industries and have yet to recover.

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Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis - English
URL: http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/mammals/whales/accounts/right.htm

Maximum length: 17 m; Calves: 4.5 m. Maximum weight: 63 tonnes.

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Eubalaena australis (Southern Right Whale) - English
URL: http://www.cetacea.org/sright.htm

Cetacea - the world's whales, dolphins and porpoises all on one site. Southern Right Whales are found seasonally around Australia, South Africa, South America and New Zealand. They favour warmer waters in winter for breeding and return to polar regions in summer for feeding.

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Eubalaena glacialis (Atlantic Right Whale): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/eubalaena/e._glacialis$narrative.

A few good spots to see the right whale are off the coast of Argentina's Penninsula Valdes, near Cape Cod, Mass., and in the Bay of Fundy of Nova Scotia. There are other places along the west coast of North America, South Africa, Japan, and points southeast of Australia. Bays and penninsulas sometimes have significant numbers close to shore due to heavy tidal fluctuations, abundance of food, and shelter from predators.

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Save the Northern Right Whales - English
URL: http://www.rightwhales.org/

The northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is the world's most endangered species of whale. After being hunted almost to extinction, collisions with boats and entanglements in fishing gear now threaten the survival of the species. Their coastal habitat is bisected by busy shipping lanes and fishing activity is intense. For northern right whales today, collisions with vessels and entanglements in fishing gear are every-day hazards.

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RIGHT WHALE - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/Rightwhale.shtml

The right whales (Eubalaena spp.) are baleen whales with bow-shaped lower jaw and a head that is up to one-quarter of the body length. Right whales live in pods, are rich in blubber, and have 2 blowholes.

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