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GENUS Eschrichtius

Author:Gray, 1864.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14: 350.
Type Species:Balaenoptera robusta Lilljeborg, 1861.
Comments:The type species of Agaphelus Cope, 1868 is Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777, which is a composite species consisting mainly of junior synonyms of Megaptera novaeangliae. Agaphelus has been linked to Eschrichtius by the supposed inclusion of the "scrag whale of Dudley" in its synonymy. The "scrag whale of Dudley"is actually listed as "Species obscurae" just following the section on Agaphelus in Erxleben (p. 611).
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SPECIES robustus

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