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Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]
The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), [1] also known as the grey whale, [5] is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of up to 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75–80 years of age.
Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis). [ 2 ] References
In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third time in a decade to glimpse the life still clinging to a whale’s ...
Articles related to the Eschrichtiidae (gray whales), a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as three described fossil genera.
Drone videos of gray whales off Oregon have revealed new details about how the marine mammals find food. The findings were described in studies this summer. Drone video of gray whales offers new ...
In last 15 years, five gray whale sightings in Atlantic. Over the last 15 years, New England Aquarium scientists said there have been five gray whale sightings in the Atlantic, as well one in the ...
Atlantic gray whale: Eschrichtius robustus: North Atlantic and the Mediterranean: 2007 (IUCN) Whaling. The same species survives in the Pacific Ocean. [218] 1761: Rodrigues parrot: Necropsittacus rodricanus: Rodrigues 1988 (IUCN) Hunting. [219] Rodrigues solitaire: Pezophaps solitaria: 1778 1988 (IUCN) Hunting and predation by introduced cats ...