Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins 1822)
- Dataset
- Order Cetacea
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Balaenidae
- genus
- Eubalaena
- species
- Eubalaena australis
conservation
STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U. S. ESA - Endangered (included with E. glacialis); IUCN - Vulnerable.
discussion
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Cummings (1985 b). Included in glacialis by some recent authors.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: antarctic to temperate waters; occasionally along the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
synonymic_list
SYNONYMS: antarctica, antipodarum, temminckii.