Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
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).
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Balaenidae
- Genus
- Eubalaena