Genus Eschrichtius (Noun)
Meaning
Type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Eschrichtius is the type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae, a family of gray whales.
- Gray whales comprise the genus Eschrichtius of the Eschrichtiidae family, consisting of only two living species.
- Genus Eschrichtius of the family Eschrichtiidae comprises one to three living species.
- Gray whales of the genus Eschrichtius migrate up to 12,000 miles annually, from the wintering grounds in the Baja Peninsula of Mexico.
- In the modern taxonomic system, Eschrichtius is recognized as a genus in the Eschrichtiidae family of whales.