Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951

Family ESCHRICHTIIDAE (GRAY WHALE) • Medium-sized baleen whale with prominent external parasites (barnacles and whale lice), no dorsal fin but with distinct knobs on dorsal ridge and anteriortailstock; blow is low and heart-shaped. • 1300-1500 cm. • North Pacific, Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Chukchi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Lynx Edicions 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Eschrichtiidae
baleen whale
Bering Sea
Chukchi
Chukchi Sea
Lynx
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6599206
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Summary:Family ESCHRICHTIIDAE (GRAY WHALE) • Medium-sized baleen whale with prominent external parasites (barnacles and whale lice), no dorsal fin but with distinct knobs on dorsal ridge and anteriortailstock; blow is low and heart-shaped. • 1300-1500 cm. • North Pacific, Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Chukchi Sea, and Arctc Ocean. • (Coastal continental shelf waters, and mid-latitude temperate and subtropical coastal bays, lagoons, and coastal areas to breed. •] genus, 1 species, 1 taxon. • No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600. Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Eschrichtiidae, pp. 222-241 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 292, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6599161

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