Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins 1822)

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 : 723

Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins 1822)

[Balaena] australis Desmoulins 1822 , in: Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 2: 161.

Type Locality: Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Vernacular Names: Southern Right Whale.

Synonyms: Eubalaena antarctica (Lesson 1828) ; Eubalaena antipodarum ( Gray 1843) ; Eubalaena temminckii ( Gray 1864) .

Distribution: Southern hemisphere: Antarctic to temperate waters; occasionally along the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered (included with E. glacialis ); IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: Reviewed by Cummings (1985 b). Included in glacialis by some recent authors.