Vor. IIT] GRINNELL—MAMMALS OF CALIFORNIA 373 
Family BALAENIDAE 
Balaena sieboldi Gray 
Pacific Right Whale 
Original description—Balaena sieboldu Gray, Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist., 3rd ser., 14, 1864, p. 349. 
Type locality—Coast of Japan. 
Synonym—Siebold Baleen Whale; Balaena japonica; 
Balaena cullamach. . 
Range—Few along coast of California (Scammon, Marine 
Mammals, 1874, p. 66). 
Rhachianectes glaucus (Cope) 
California Gray Whale 
Original description—A gaphelus glaucus Cope, Proc. Acad. 
Nat:\Ser Phila.) June, 1868, pp. 159, 160: 
Type locality—Coast of California: Monterey (see Dall, in 
Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, p. 301). 
Synonym—Gray Baleen Whale. 
Range—Frequent in the ocean and bays coastwise from 
November to May (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, pp. 
22523))) 
Megaptera versabilis Cope 
Pacific Humpback Whale 
Original description—Megaptera versabilis Cope, Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, pp. 15, 16. 
Type locahty—North Pacific. 
Synonym—Megaptera nodosa versabilis. 
Range—In the ocean and bays coastwise; Monterey Bay, 
April to December (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, p. 
44). 
Balaenoptera velifera Cope 
Pacific Finback Whale 
Original description—Balaenoptera velifera Cope, Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 16. 
Type locality—Coast of Oregon. 
Synonyms—Balaenoptera physalis velifera; Oregon Finback 
Whale. 
