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Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Lilljeborg. (1861). Forh. Skand. Naturf. Ottende Møde, Kopenhagen (1860), 8.

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)
Megaptera robusta (Lilljeborg, 1861)
Plesiocetus robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
Rachianectes glaucus (Cope, 1868)
Rhachianectes glaucus Cope, 1869
Homonyms
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
Common names
Baleine grise in French
Ballena gris in language.
Ballena gris in Spanish
Ballena gris in Spanish
California Gray Whale in English
Devilfish in English
Grauwal in German
Grauwal in German
Gray Whale in English
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
gray whale in English
gray whale in English
grey whale in English
grey whale in English
grijze walvis in Dutch
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

Bibliographic References

  1. Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em>
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  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
  5. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  6. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743.
  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.
  11. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
  12. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  13. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  15. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  16. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
  17. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
  18. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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