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Eschrichtius

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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).

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderCetacea
  5. FamilyEschrichtiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded35,826

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
8
Family
Eschrichtiidae
Collections
USNM, SDNHM, ANSP
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Eschrichtiidae
Image
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Eschrichtius
taxon common name
쇠고래속
Commons category
Eschrichtius
topic's main category
Category:Eschrichtius
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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).

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eschrichtius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.