Gray whale  (Eschrichtius robustus)

Facts

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

Status

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).