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Monotypic taxon: Genus Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 - gray whale (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Eschrichtiidae

Subsequent positions

Eschrichtiinae (Subfamily) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 378.

Current position

Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 112.

Alternative positions

Eschrichtiinae (Subfamily) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 378. [new position]

Historical positions

Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 112, 113.
Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: 2000
Eschrichtiinae (Subfamily) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 378. [new position]
Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 350.
Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 122.
Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1036.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [1s]
1993 J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr. [1s]
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [1s]
1982 A.F. DeBlase 1s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024