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Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Monodontidae
genus
Delphinapterus
species
Delphinapterus leucas

Name

Synonyms
Balaena albicans Muller, 1776
Beluga angustata Cope, 1866
Beluga borealis Lesson, 1828
Beluga canadensis J.A.Allen, 1869
Beluga catodon Gray, 1846
Beluga concreta Cope, 1865
Beluga declivis Cope, 1865
Beluga glacialis Lesson, 1828
Beluga kingii Gray, 1846
Beluga rhinodon Cope, 1865
Beluga vermontana (Thompson, 1850)
Catodon albicans Lacépède, 1804
Catodon canadensis Lesson, 1828
Catodon candicans Lesson, 1828
Catodon sibbaldi Fleming, 1828
Cephalorhynchus hectori albus Kerr, 1792
Cetus albicans Brisson, 1762
Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède, 1804
Delphinapterus catodon (Gray, 1846)
Delphinapterus concreta Cope, 1865
Homonyms
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Common names
Beluga in English
Beluga in English
Beluga in language.
Beluga in English
Hvidhval in Danish
Weißwal in German
Weißwal, Beluga in German
beloega, witte walvis, witte dolfijn in Dutch
beluga whale in English
beluga whale in English
belukha in English
belukha in English
béluga in French
béluga in French
dauphin blanc in French
white whale in English
white whale in English
Beloega in Dutch
Beluga Whale in English
White Whale in English
buovja in Northern Sami
vitval in Swedish
witte dolfijn in Dutch
Ballena Blanca in Spanish
Beluga in English
Beluga in English
Belukha in Russian
Bélouga in French
Dauphin blanc in French
Delphinaptère blanc in French
Marsouin blanc in French
Morfil Gwyn in Welsh
Morfilod Gwyn in Welsh
Qaulluqtaq in Inuktitut
Qiļalugaq in Inupiaq
Sisuaq in Inupiaq
Weissfisch in German
Weisswal in German
White Whale in English
Witte dolfijn in Dutch
Witte walvis in Dutch
ak balina in Turkish
baleine blanche in French
balena bianca in Italian
ballena blanca in Spanish
baltasis delfinas in Lithuanian
bechurinka in language.
beloega in Dutch
beluga in Turkish
beluga in Spanish

Bibliographic References

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  5. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
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  7. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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  9. Leatherwood, S., R. R. Reeves, W. F. Perrin and W. E. Evans. (1982). Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters. A guide to their identification. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 444. 245pp.
  10. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
  11. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
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  15. Stewart, B. E. and R. E. A. Stewart. (1989). Delphinapterus leucas. Mammalian Species 336:1--8.
  16. Stewart, Barbara E., and Robert E. A. Stewart, 1989: Delphinapterus leucas. Mammalian Species, no. 336. 1-8.
  17. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  18. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  19. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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