Eschrichtius Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Gray whale spy-hopping next to calf
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Eschrichtiidae
Genus:	Eschrichtius Gray, 1864
Species
Eschrichtius robustus †Eschrichtius akishimaensis

Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis).^[1]

References

^ Kimura, T.; Hasegawa, Y.; Kohno, N. (2017). "A New Species of the Genus Eschrichtius (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Early Pleistocene of Japan". Paleontological Research. 22 (1): 1–19. doi:10.2517/2017PR007. S2CID 134494152.

Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies

Chaeomysticeti

†Eomysticetoidea

Balaenomorpha

Thalassotherii

†Aglaocetidae

†Diorocetidae

†Tranatocetidae

†Cephalotropis †Journocetus †Otradnocetus †Palaeobalaena? †Titanocetus? †Tiucetus
†Cetotheriinae	Brandtocetus Cetotherium Ciuciulea Eucetotherium Kurdalagonus Mithridatocetus Vampalus Zygiocetus
Herpetocetinae	Caperea †Herentalia †Herpetocetus †Metopocetus †Miocaperea †Nannocetus †Piscobalaena

†Eobalaenoptera
Balaenopteridae	†Archaebalaenoptera †Archaeschrichtius Balaenoptera †Burtinopsis? †Cetoteriophanes †Diunatans †Eschrichtioides Eschrichtius †Gricetoides †Incakujira Megaptera †Megapteropsis? †Miobalaenoptera †Nehalaennia †Notiocetus †Parabalaenoptera †Plesiobalaenoptera †Plesiocetus †Praemegaptera †Protororqualus

Taxon identifiers	Wikidata: Q12778450 Wikispecies: Eschrichtius BioLib: 20755 BOLD: 4617 CoL: 62S4J EoL: 46559448 EPPO: 1ESHRG Fossilworks: 36714 GBIF: 2440703 iNaturalist: 41477 IRMNG: 1062343 ITIS: 180520 MSW: 14300029 NCBI: 9763 WoRMS: 137027 ZooBank: 3E9AC3C6-203F-4E0D-9E5B-7FDCBAF749C7