beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
Date 1867
Source/Photographer
Image extracted from page 077 of Svenska Expeditioner till Spetsbergen och Jan Mayen utförda under åren 1863 och 1864 af N. Dunér, A. J. Malmgren, A. E. Nordenskiöld och A. Qvennerstedt, by Natan Neṭaʿ - ha-Kohen. Original held and digitised by the British Library. http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11075025584
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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. |