Eschrichtius Gray 1864

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 725

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Eschrichtius Gray 1864 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14: 350.

Type Species: Balaenoptera robusta Lilljeborg 1861

Synonyms: Cyphonotus Rafinesque 1815 ; Cyphonotus Gray 1850 ; Rhachianectes Cope 1869 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg 1860)

Discussion: The type species of Agaphelus Cope, 1868 is Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777 , which is a composite species consisting mainly of junior synonyms of Megaptera novaeangliae . Agaphelus has been linked to Eschrichtius by the supposed inclusion of the "scrag whale of Dudley " in its synonymy. The "scrag whale of Dudley "is actually listed as " Species obscurae " just following the section on Agaphelus in Erxleben (p. 611).