beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

Query: monodontidae

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Subject:	beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
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Date 1821
Source/Photographer
Image extracted from page 493 of Хронологическая Исторія всѣхъ путешествій въ сѣверныя полярныя страны …, by Vasily Nikolaevich Berkh. Original held and digitised by the British Library. http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11005014405
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BERKH(1821)_p493.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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