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''Eschrichtius'' is a genus of
baleen whale Baleen whales (systematic name Mysticeti), also known as whalebone whales, are a parvorder of carnivorous marine mammals of the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) which use keratinaceous baleen plates (or "whalebone") in their ...
containing two species: the
gray whale The gray whale (''Eschrichtius robustus''), also known as the grey whale,Britannica Micro.: v. IV, p. 693. gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, Korean gray whale, or California gray whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and bree ...
(''E. robustus'') and the extinct Akishima whale (''E. akishimaensis'').


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Cetacean genera Mammal genera with one living species Baleen whales Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Whale-stub