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

EschrichtiusGray, 1864accepted 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

Genbank

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2008-08-20 by William Perrin

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