beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

Query: cetacea

Result: 17^th of 177

Subject:	beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
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A drawing of the skeleton of Delphinapterus leucas.
Date
Source (July 1890). "The Cetacea". The American Naturalist 24: 599-616. The University of Chicago Press.
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delphinapterus_leucas_skeleton.jpg

The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean of the family Monodontidae. This white whale is also known as the beluga, melonhead, or sea canary.

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