Species profile—Eubalaena australis (southern right whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Balaenidae (right whales) → Eubalaena australis (southern right whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Balaenidae (right whales)
- Scientific name
- Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
- Common name
- southern right whale
- WildNet taxon ID
- 18509
- Synonym(s)
- Balaena glacialis australis
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18509.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
