Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Monodontidae > Genus Delphinapterus

Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Delphinapterus*	Lacépède, 1804	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aleutian: bechurinka

Auns: pechuga

Bokmål (Norwegian): hvithval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Chukchi (Louravetlany): puuliak

Chukot: puuliak

Czech: běluha mořská

Danish: hvidfisk; hvidhval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: beloega; witte dolfijn; witvis

English: beluga; buluga; sea canary; whale porpoise; white whale sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: White Whale sources: Charles Hussey

Even-Kamchatka: zatcha

Evenki: zatcha

French: baleine blanche; bélouga; dauphin blanc; delphinaptère blanc; marsouin blanc; moine de mer

German: Weissfisch; Weisswal

Greek: Μπελούγκα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greenlandic: kulelulak; qaqortoq

Icelandic: huitingar; mjaldur

Inuktitut: qilalgaq

Inupiaq: sisuaq (Northern Alaska); situaq (Bering Strait)

Italian: balena bianca; beluga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: shiro iruka

Kalaallisut: kulelulak; qaqortoq

Khanty: visingkh-potlaengkh; vising-totleng

Korean: hin-gorae

Koryak: gik; iina

Lithuanian: baltasis delfinas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Nentsi (Nenets): fiborska

Norwegian: hvidfisk; hvitfisk; hvithval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hvithval sources: Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, 3(1):85 [footnote]

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitkval sources: Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, 3(1):85 [footnote]

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kvitkval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ostyak: visingkh-potlaengkh; vising-totleng

Polish: białucha sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: belukha; morkskaia belukha; белуха sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ballena blanca

Swedish: hrafu-reydur; hvitagtik delphin; hvitfisk; vitval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ak balina; beluga; beluga balinası; beyaz balina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: білуга; Білуха sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morfil gwyn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Yupik: cetuaq; keelaluga; pulzaq

Literature

original description	Pallas, P.S. (1776). Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Vol. 3 [Dritter Theil, Buch 1 & 2]. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg. 760 p. + Register.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Stewart, B. E. and R. E. A. Stewart. (1989). Delphinapterus leucas. Mammalian Species 336:1--8.
additional source	Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 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.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	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.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (322 publications)
Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
GenBank (385 nucleotides; 242 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Delphinapterus leucas. In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137115