Eschrichtius
| Eschrichtius Temporal range:
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| Gray whale spy-hopping next to calf | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Eschrichtiidae |
| Genus: | Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 |
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Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Tsai, C.-H.; Collareta, A.; Bosselaers, M. (2020). "A Pliocene gray whale (Eschrichtius sp.) from the eastern North Atlantic" (PDF). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (1): 189–196. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13040.
- ^ Kimura, T.; Hasegawa, Y.; Kohno, N. (2017). "A New Species of the Genus Eschrichtius (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Early Pleistocene of Japan". Paleontological Research. 22 (1): 1–19. doi:10.2517/2017PR007. S2CID 134494152.
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