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title: "Grey Whale"
description: "Eschrichtius robustus — Mammiferi. The gray whale, also known as the grey whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/grey-whale
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grey Whale

> Eschrichtius robustus — Mammiferi. The gray whale, also known as the grey whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly.

- Scientific name: *Eschrichtius robustus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5529
- Wikidata: [Q179154](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179154)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41478](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41478)

## Names

- en: Grey Whale
- de: Grauwal
- es: Ballena Gris
- fr: Baleine grise
- nl: Grijze walvis
- pt: Baleia-cinzenta
- pl: Pływacz szary

## Countries with the most observations

US (2986), MX (1146), CA (485), RU (41), FR (4), IT (4)

## Summary

The gray whale, also known as the grey whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9–15.2 m (49–50 ft), a weight of up to 41 to 45 tonnes and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75–80 years of age. One of the longest-living gray whales currently is a female, first sighted in 1977, and estimated to be 53–55 years old as of 2024. The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin. Gray whales were once called "devil fish" because of their fighting…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_whale

## Photo

![Grey Whale](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-whale/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198905068

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-whale?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).