Eubalaena australis

(Desmoulins, 1822)

Southern Right Whale

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Mysticeti
Family : Balaenidae
Genus : Eubalaena

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmoulins, A. 1822. Baleinas ou Balènas. Mam. Pp. 155–165 in Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.-B. (eds.). Dictionnaire classique d'Histoire naturelle. Tome second. Rey et Gravier, Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle, 653 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25672125

Original name as described

Balæna australis

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-1921-123

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1921-123

Type locality

"les baies d'Algoa, du Cap" (= Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · Madagascar · Mozambique · Namibia · New Zealand · Peru · Saint Helena · South Africa · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006394

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Macleayius australiensis

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

australiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.3.3.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:1588a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/982ae50f-5184-4d4b-8456-86ed1cc10c1e

Authority page

588; Figs. 1–2

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1873:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67205)

Balæna australis

(Desmoulins, 1822)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-1921-123

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1921-123

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25672125

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Lahille (1899:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Hunterus Temminckii

(J. E. Gray, 1864)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.24757

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.24757

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249799

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaena mysticetus antarctica

(Schlegel, 1841)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

antarctica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

RMNH.MAM.24757

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.24757

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012309

Authority publication

Leiden

Balœna antarctica

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

antarctica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

202

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Eubalæna australis

J. E. Gray, 1874

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34882220

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Name usages

  1. Gray (1874:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34882220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67283)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8153/50354147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Balaena antarctica

(Lesson, 1828)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

antarctica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaena antipodarum

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

antipodarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

pl. 1

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaena antipodum

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

antipodum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

183

Authority publication

London

Eubalaena Capensis

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

91 (fig. 6)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729836

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Balæna Hectori

(J. E. Gray, 1874)

Family

Balaenidae

Root name

hectori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342444

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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