Published December 31, 1982
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Eschrichtius robustus
Description
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861). Forh. Skand. Naturf. Ottende Mode, Kopenhagen, 1860, 8:602.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, Uppland, Graso Isl.
DISTRIBUTION: Pacific, temperate to arctic waters.
COMMENT: Includes gibbosus and glaucus; see Rice and Wolman, 1971, Am. Soc. Mamm. Spec. Publ., 3: 1-142; Rice, 1977:12. Formerly present in the North Atlantic (JGM).
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as E. robustus (—glaucus) and U.S. ESA - Endangered as E. robustus.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301411006001001001 as E. gibbosus.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 302, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3C48BD20FFBFFFB2FFEA4163CA624C0E (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Eschrichtidae
- Genus
- Eschrichtius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Lilljeborg
- Species
- robustus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Rice, D. W., and W. A. Wolman. 1971. Life history and ecology of the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). American Society of Mammalogists, Special Publication, 3: 1 - 142.
- Rice, D. W. 1977. A list of the marine mammals of the world. Third ed. NOAA Technical Report, NMFS SSRF- 711: 1 - 15.