Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

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Also known as:	Gray Back, mussel digger, rip sack, grey back, hard head, grey whale, Devil fish

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Eschrichtiidae
Genus	Eschrichtius (1)
Size	Male length: 11.9 - 14.3 m (2) Female length: 12.8 - 15.2 m (2) Male weight: 16 tonnes (2) Pregnant female weight: 31 - 34 tonnes (2)

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Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3). The northeast Pacific stock is classified as Least Concern (LC), and the northwest Pacific stock is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) (1).