ESCHRICHTIIDAE, Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Eschrichtiidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 222-241 : 292

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6599161
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6599206
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scientific name	ESCHRICHTIIDAE
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Family ESCHRICHTIIDAE View in CoL

(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. View Figure

• North Pacific, Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Chukchi Sea, and Arctc Ocean. View Figure

• (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.