🐋Southern right whale
The southern right whale is a large baleen whale and one of three species of right whale belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Found throughout the Southern Hemisphere, it inhabits oceans between the latitudes of 20° and 60° south. Like its northern relatives, the southern right whale is noted by its broad back without a dorsal fin, a long, arching mouth, and white growths on its head known as callosities. Previously hunted for hundreds of years, almost to extinction, the species is now protected and its global population was estimated to be around 13,600 (2009).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 23,000 kg
- Body length
- 14 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 70 years
Everything we know about the Southern right whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass23,000 kgrecord 100,000 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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- 45,000 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length14 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 17 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan70 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 70 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length27 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity9.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation363 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.0 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 levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l23,000 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 Southern right whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyBalaenidae
- ›genusEubalaena
- ›speciesEubalaena australis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- genusEubalaena
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
- familyBalaenidae
- genusEubalaena
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