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Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)

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Lilljeborg. (1861). Forh. Skand. Naturf. Ottende Møde, Kopenhagen (1860), 8.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Eschrichtiidae
genus
Eschrichtius
species
Eschrichtius robustus

Name

Synonyms
Agaphelus gibbosus Cope, 1968
Agaphelus glaucus Cope, 1868
Balaena boops Kerr, 1792
Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777
Balaenoptera robusta Lilljeborg, 1861
Eschrichtius gibbosus (Erxleben, 1777)
Eschrichtius glaucus (Cope, 1868)
Eschrichtius robustus (Van Beneden & Gervais, 1868)
Plesiocetus robustus (Van Beneden & Gervais, 1868)
Rachianectes glaucus (Cope, 1868)
Rhachianectes glaucus Cope, 1869
Homonyms
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
Eschrichtius robustus (Van Beneden & Gervais, 1868)
Common names
Baleine grise in English
Ballena gris in Spanish
Ballena gris in English
Ballena gris in Spanish
California Gray Whale in English
Devilfish in English
Grauwal in English
Grauwal in German
Gray Whale in English
Gray Whale in English
Gray Whale in English
Gray Whale in English
Gray whale in language.
Hard-head in English
Mussel Digger in English
Rip Sack in English
Scrag Whale in English
grey whale in English
grey whale in English
grijze walvis in Dutch
灰鯨 in Chinese
Gray Whale in English
Grijze walvis in Dutch
gråhval in Norwegian Bokmål
gråkval in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Ballena Gris in Spanish
California gray whale in English
California ranger in English
California whale in English
Grauwal in German
Grey Whale in English
Kaliforniske graahval in Norwegian
Knotenfisch in German
angtuchhaq in language.
antokhak in language.
aosagi in Japanese
baleia cinzenta in Portuguese
baleine grise in French
baleine à six bosses in French
balena grigia in Italian
ballena gris in Spanish
chikakhluk in language.
devilfish in English
graesoe whale in English
gray whale in English
grayback in English
grey whale in English
gri balina in Turkish
grijze walvis in Dutch
grijze walvis in language.

Bibliographic References

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  3. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  4. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  7. Lilljeborg. (1861). Forh. Skand. Naturf. Ottende Møde, Kopenhagen (1860), 8.
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  10. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
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