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Eschrichtius

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Eschrichtius
Temporal range: 3.7–0 Ma[1]
Gray whale spy-hopping next to calf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Eschrichtiidae
Genus: Eschrichtius
Gray, 1864
Species

Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis).[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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