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Monotypic taxon: Genus Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 - gray whale (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Gray, 1864) Gray, 1865
Original name:  Gray, 1864:350.
Subsequent rank:  1865. Gray, 1865

Types

Type of: Eschrichtiinae (Subfamily) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 378. [new] [inferred]
Type, by original designation: Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Agaphelus (Genus) Cope, 1868 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Cyphonotus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815, nom. nud. Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Rhachianectes (Genus) Cope, 1869 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 122.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: gray whale
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