The Eschrichthdae Family - Mysticeti

Baleen Whales

Moderately robust large whale with many encrustations over the back. The baleen apparatus consists of short plates inside jaws which are relatively short and broad. All seven neck vertabrae are fixed into a single unit to support the body weight.


The Gray whale

Eschrichtius robustus

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