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Baleen whale species on brink of extinction for first time in 300 years

  1. Peter Corkeron

    1. Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA.

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  2. Scott D. Kraus

    1. New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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The latest Critically Endangered list from the International Union for Conservation of Nature includes the Gulf of Mexico whale, a subspecies of Balaenoptera edeni (see go.nature.com/2bdntor). This mammal is at risk of being the first baleen whale to go extinct since the Atlantic grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) three centuries ago. Yet the animal’s new status has generated little public response.

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Nature 554, 169 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-01672-4

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