🐋Gray whale
Серый кит, или калифорнийский кит (лат. Eschrichtius robustus), — морское млекопитающее из парвотряда усатых китов. Единственный современный вид рода Eschrichtius и всего подсемейства Eschrichtiinae (ранее сем. Eschrichtiidae), которое, по данным молекулярной генетики, вложено в семейство полосатиковых (Balaenopteridae). Название рода Eschrichtius дано в честь датского натуралиста Даниеля Фредерика Эшрихта (1798—1863). Серые киты сохранили многие признаки далёких наземных предков, такие как: вибриссы на морде, удлинённый шейный отдел позвоночника с раздельными позвонками, подвижную голову, крупные носовые и увеличенные тазовые кости. Они также в меньшей степени утратили связь с землёй, так как держатся у побережья и размножаются в мелководных заливах.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 27,300 kg
- Body length
- 14 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 77 years
Everything we know about the Gray whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass27,300 kgrecord 35,000 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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- 28,500 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length14 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass4,317 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan77 yearsrecord 48 years · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 77 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length29 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity8.7 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.0 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.1 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density4.9 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l27,300 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Gray whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyEschrichtiidae
- ›genusEschrichtius
- ›speciesEschrichtius robustus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- genusEschrichtius
All 15 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- familyEschrichtiidae
- genusEschrichtius
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