Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg, 1861

Gray whale, Grey whale

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: fossil

Taxonomically rediscovered in the 1930's

Distribution

Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Cooke, J. G. (2018). Eschrichtius robustus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T8097A50353881. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T8097A50353881.en. Accessed on 27 August 2022.

Fleming, A., Pobiner, B., Maynor, S., Webster, D. and Pyenson, N. D. (2022). New Holocene grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) material from North Carolina: the most complete North Atlantic grey whale skeleton to date. R. Soc. Open Sci.9: 220441. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220441

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_whale

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