Southern right whales, Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822), are characterized by their uniformly dark color and white callosities found on and around the head.
Southern right whale
A southern right whale's head measures one third of its total length. It is one of the easiest whales to identify as the enormous head is also covered in white-coloured outgrowths of tough skin.
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE
The southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) are baleen whales with large, relatively hairy heads, and a thick layer of blubber. They live at latitudes between 20°-55° but will occasionally venture down to 63°.
Southern right whales are characterized by their uniformly dark color and white callosities found on and around the head.
Southern Right whale (Eubalaena australis)
Northern Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Right Whales were regarded by Nineteenth century whalers as the 'right' whales for their industry.
Southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii)
Collared plover (Charadrius collaris)
Two-banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus)
Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus creatopus)
Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) ...
Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) estimated at 3,000 - 5,000
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) found around the world, and travel great distances. Separate populations may exist, but we have no data on separate population numbers.
In winter Southern Right Whales come right into the bay just like they do at Warrnambul.
Sooty Oystercatcher on Bruny Island.
This is the lighthouse at the southern end of South Bruny Island.
Southern Right Whale
Southern Right Whale Illustration
Southern Silver Drummer, Kyphosus sydneyanus (Gunther, 1886)
Southern Smiler, Opistognathus jacksoniensis
Southern Smiler, Opistognathus jacksoniensis Macleay, 1881 ...
Biology made them and southern right whales the "right" whales to hunt, especially when whaling was less sophisticated than it is today. They are absolutely massive, weighing up to 100 tons in a package less than 20 m long.
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) are other species of right whale.
Several thousand southern right whales are believed to survive, and they have shown some encouraging population growth since their protection. South Africa's population is believed to have grown from 100 to 1,000 animals since 1940.
Northern Right Whale Dolphin (L. borealis) Â- Southern Right Whale Dolphin (L. peronii)
Orcaella
Irrawaddy Dolphin (O. brevirostris) Â- Australian Snubfin Dolphin (O. heinsohni) ...
An almost identical species, the southern right whale, is found in the Southern Hemisphere. Unlike its northern counterpart, its numbers are gradually increasing and are currently estimated to be about 5,000.
Whales include the Blue whale, Fin whale, Sei whale, Southern right whale, Humpback whale, Minke whale, Sperm whale, Killer whale or Orca, Southern bottlenose whale, Blackfish, Dusky dolphin, Cruciger dolphin, and Spectacled porpoise.
Clockwise from top left: sperm whale; humpback whale and calf; southern right whale; Maui's dolphin; sei whale; beluga whale ...
Right whales include bowhead whales, North Atlantic right whales, North Pacific right whales and southern right whales.
June 27, 2011 " After being hunted to local extinction more than a century ago and unable to remember their ancestral calving grounds, the southern right whales of mainland New Zealand are coming home. A new study ... > full story ...
 See also: Right Whale, Whale, Dolphin, Humpback, Sperm Whale
  
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