Order Cetacea Author James G. Mead Author Robert L. Brownell, Jr. text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 349 364 book chapter 193271 10.5281/zenodo.7352970 b3335890-cc2a-4092-9ace-81c1cd7b5cad 1-56098-217-9 7352970 Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Oceano Europeao", restricted to Norway , near Svalbard , Spitsbergen Sea by Thomas (1911a) . DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: arctic to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: antiquorum , boops , gibbar , patachonica , velifera . COMMENTS: Reviewed by Gambell (1985b).