WoRMS taxon details
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
220222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220222)
accepted
Species
Balaena antarctica Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena antipodum Gray, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena capensis Gray, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena glacialis Mueller, 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena glacialis australis Scheffer & Rice, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena hectori Gray, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena mysticetus antarcticus Schlegel, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Baloena australis · unaccepted (Synonym)
Eubalaena capensis Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eubalaena glacialis australis Tomilin, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)
Halibalaena britannica Gray, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hunterus temminckii Gray, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Macleayius australiensis Gray, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822) Desmoulins, A. (1822). Baleine. Balaena. Mam. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire naturelle. 2: 155-165. Paris: Rey et Gravier., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25672119
page(s): 161 [details]
page(s): 161 [details]
Note Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
From editor or global species database
Type locality Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220222 on 2025-02-12
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(of Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822) Desmoulins, A. (1822). Baleine. Balaena. Mam. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire naturelle. 2: 155-165. Paris: Rey et Gravier., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25672119
page(s): 161 [details]
basis of record Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robineau, D. (1989). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle I. Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4th ser., 11, section A, no. 1:271-289. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 161 [details]
basis of record Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robineau, D. (1989). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle I. Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4th ser., 11, section A, no. 1:271-289. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype None formally designated by Desmoulins, but see Lectotype in reference to two specimens figured by Delalande that Desmoulins was aware of. [details]IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Chile-Peru right whale : Critically Endangered (CR) [details]
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]
Lectotype female (?), region of the Cape of Good Hope, collected by Delalande in 1818. Mounted skeleton with baleen. Mus. natn. d'Histoire naturelle, Paris; No. JAC 1921-123, CAC A2929, CAG B II/208. One of two syntypes; other designated by Robineau (1989) as paralectotype (Paris CAC A. 2933; CAG B II/212. [details]
Type locality Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | suidelike noordkappernoordkaper | [details] |
| Dutch | zuidkaper | [details] |
| English | southern right whale | [details] |
| French | baleine du Capbaleine austral | [details] |
| German | Suedwal des stillen Ozeanssuedlicher Walfischsuedlicher GlattwalKapwal | [details] |
| Indonesian | paus selatan | [details] |
| Japanese | sebi kujira | [details] |
| Malagasy | trozona marinetrozona mainty | [details] |
| Norwegian | sorlig retthval | [details] |
| Portuguese | baleia-franca-australbaleia verdadeira | [details] |
| Russian | nastyaschiy kit | [details] |
| Spanish | viejareithuelballena verdaderaballena franca austral | [details] |
| Swedish | nordkapare [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Balaena antipodum Gray, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Balaena glacialis australis Scheffer & Rice, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications) (from synonym Balaena glacialis Mueller, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena capensis Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (212 publications) (from synonym Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Balaena antarctica Lesson, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Macleayius australiensis Gray, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena glacialis australis Tomilin, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balaena hectori Gray, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Baloena australis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eubalaena australis)
To GenBank (550 nucleotides; 518 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 10192 Eubalaena australis skeleton)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2997 Eubalaena australis skull & skeletal elements)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Balaena glacialis Mueller, 1776)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Balaena antipodum Gray, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Balaena glacialis australis Scheffer & Rice, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications) (from synonym Balaena glacialis Mueller, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena capensis Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (212 publications) (from synonym Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Balaena antarctica Lesson, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Macleayius australiensis Gray, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena glacialis australis Tomilin, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balaena hectori Gray, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Baloena australis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eubalaena australis)
To GenBank (550 nucleotides; 518 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 10192 Eubalaena australis skeleton)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2997 Eubalaena australis skull & skeletal elements)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Balaena glacialis Mueller, 1776)
To ITIS
