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--> GENUS Eubalaena
SPECIES Eubalaena australis
Author: | Desmoulins, 1822. | Citation: | In Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2: 161, pl.. | Common Name: | Southern Right Whale | Type Locality: | Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. | Distribution: | Southern hemisphere: Antarctic to temperate waters; occasionally along the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered (included with E. glacialis); IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | Comments: | Reviewed by Cummings (1985b). Included in glacialis by some recent authors. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
antarctica (Lesson, 1828) antipodarum (Gray, 1843) temminckii (Gray, 1864)
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