Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
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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; Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède, 1804; Delphinapterus catodon (Gray, 1846); Delphinapterus concreta Cope, 1865; Delphinapterus dorofeevi Klumov & Barabash, 1935
Homonyms: Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Common names: Beluga in English; Beluga in English; Beluga in language.; Beluga in English; Beluga in French; Hvidhval in Danish; Weißwal in German; Weißwal, Beluga in German; beloega, witte walvis, witte dolfijn in Dutch; beluga in language.; beluga whale in English; beluga whale in language.; béluga in French; dauphin blanc in French; white whale in English; white whale in language.; Beloega in Dutch; vitval in Swedish; witte dolfijn in Dutch; Weissfisch in German; Weisswal in German; 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 English; beluga in Spanish; beluga in Slovenian; beluga in Italian; beluga in Turkish; beluga balinası in Turkish; belukha in Russian; beyaz balina in Turkish; białucha in Polish; buluga in English; bélouga in French; běluha mořská in Czech; cetuaq in language.; dauphin blanc in French; delphinaptère blanc in French; fiborska in language.; gik in language.; hin-gorae in Korean; hrafu-reydur in Swedish; huitingar in Icelandic

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