Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Mysticeti > Family Eschrichtiidae > Genus Eschrichtius

Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eschrichtius*	Gray, 1864	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aleutian: chikakhluk

Chukchi (Louravetlany): kentaen

Chukot: kentaen

Czech: plejtvákovec šedý

Danish: gråhval

Dutch: grijze walvis; grijze walvisch; gryijze walvisch; knabbelvisch sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: California gray whale; California ranger; California whale; devilfish; graesoe whale; gray whale; grayback; grey whale; hard head; mud digger; mussel digger; rip sack; scamperdown; scrag whale sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp

Flemish: grijze walvis

French: baleine à six bosses; baleine grise

German: Grauwal; Knotenfisch sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Γκρίζα φάλαινα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: balena grigia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: aosagi; koku; koku kujira; kokuzira

Korean: gwisin-gorae

Lithuanian: pilkasis banginis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: gråhval; Kaliforniske graahval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: pływacz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: baleia cinzenta

Russian: kaliforniiskii kit; seryy kit; серый кит sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: sivi kit sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: ballena gris

Turkish: gri balina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Кит сірий; Сірий кит sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Yupik: angtuchhaq; antokhak

Literature

original description	Lilljeborg. (1861). Forh. Skand. Naturf. Ottende Møde, Kopenhagen (1860), 8.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 189 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (250 nucleotides; 129 proteins)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137112