Gray Whale
Temporal range: Pliocene-Present Day (Piacenzian-recent), 3 million-0 years ago
CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern (LC)
POPULATIONS TRENDING
Increasing
CLASSIFICATIONS
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Grandorder: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)
Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)
Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)
Clade: Euungulates (Euungulata)
Clade: Artiodactylamorph (Artiodactylamorpha)
Order: Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla/Cetartiodactyla)
Clade: Artiofabula (Artiofabula)
Clade: Cetruminantians (Cetruminantia)
Clade: Cetancodontamorph (Cetancodontamorpha)
Clade: Cetaceopterygian (Cetaceopterygia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, Pearl The Sperm Whale, Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, SpongeBob SquarePants and Sandy Cheeks, Porky Pig and Petunia Pig, Davy The Whale, 2021)
Suborder: Whippomorph (Whippomorpha)
Clade: Cetaceamorph (Cetaceamorpha)
Infraorder: Cetacean (Cetaceans/Cetacea)
Clade: Eucetaceamorph (Eucetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceaformes (Eucetaceaformes) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceans (Eucetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Pelagicete (Pelagiceti)
Clade: Neocete (Neoceti)
Parvorder: Baleen Whale (Mysticeti)
Clade: Kinetomente (Kinetomenta)
Clade: Chaeomysticete (Chaeomysticeti)
Superfamily: Balaenopteroid (Balaenopteroidea)
Family: Rorqual (Balaenopteridae)
Subfamily: Eschrichtiine (Eschirichtiinae)
Tribe: Eschirichtiin (Eschrichtiini)
Genus: Eschrichtius Whale (Eschrichtius)
Species: Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) (Lilljeborg, 1861)
NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS
Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetolagomorph (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
PELAGICETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceamorph (Neocetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neocetaceaformes (Neocetaceaformes (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
NEOCETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceans (Neocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
CETOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: North America (Canada, United States, Mexico); Asia (Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Russia); perhaps Europe (Norway, Iceland, Sewden)
Diets: Omnivores, ichthyophagous, piscivores, planktivores, filter-feeders they ate seaweeds, kelp, seagrass, sea plants, phytoplankton, and they hunting preying which including Actinopterygii fishes such as mackerels, tunas, sardines, herrings, salmons, and cods; crustaceans such as krills, prawns, shrimps; little animals such as zooplanktons; cephalopods such as hooked squid; they ate scavengers and carrions.
Predation: Other cetaceans like dolphins Alula Whale; basilosaurids Cadborosaurus; other baleen whales House On The Rock Whale; predatory siren such as Whale-Eater Siren/Giant Killer Siren (Titanosirenius cetophagus).
Size: 42-49 feet long
NOTES
Recent studies about Gray Whale and Akishima Whale is rorqual members family, from Eschrichtiidae is now to be Balaenopteridae, but Eschrichtiidae is a synonyms of Balaenopteridae or rorqual.
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