Genus
Eschrichtius
2 species
The list of species of Eschrichtius genus
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The list of species of Eschrichtius genus
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The Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. The common name of this whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin. Gray whales were once called devil...
Eschrichtius akishimaensis, described in 2017, is one of two species, with the modern day gray whale, of the genus Eschrichtius, and is the first and only fossil species of the genus, dating to around 1.77–1.95 million years ago (mya) in the Early...