Southern right whale
Southern right whale
Eubalaena australis
family: Balaenidae
length: female 14 m (45 ft); male 13.7 m (441⁄2 ft)
weight: female 23 tonnes, male 22 tonnes
Status: approximately 7,000, increasing; iucn: Lower Risk—conservation dependent cites: Appendix I
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