Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesVernaculars (+)
(-) 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 Literatureoriginal 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 |
 
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TaxonomyWoRMS
External LinksBiodiversity Heritage Library (322 publications) Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) GenBank (385 nucleotides; 242 proteins) GBIF
CitationPerrin, 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:137115Image
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