Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 (beluga whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinus leucas, Delphinus leucaster

Synonyms: Balaena albicans Muller 1776, Beluga angustata Cope 1866, Beluga borealis Lesson 1828, Beluga catodon Gray 1846, Beluga concreta Cope 1865, Beluga declivis Cope 1865, Beluga glacialis Lesson 1828, Beluga kingii Gray 1827, Beluga rhinodon Cope 1865, Beluga vermontana Thompson 1850, Catodon albicans Lacépède 1804, Catodon canadensis Lesson 1828, Cetus albicans Brisson 1762, Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède 1804, Delphinapterus concreta Cope 1865, Delphinapterus dorofeevi Klumov and Barabash 1935, Delphinapterus freimani Klumov 1935, Delphinapterus kingi Gray 1827, Delphinapterus marisalbi Ostroumov 1935, Delphinapterus vermontana Thompson 1850, Delphinapterus vermontanus Thompson 1850, Delphinus albians Muller 1776, Delphinus canadensis Desmarest 1822, Delphinus kingii Gray 1827, Delphinus vermontana Thompson 1850, Delphinus vermontanus Thompson 1850, Inia canadensis Desmarest 1822

Belongs to Delphinapterus according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

See also Cope 1865, Cope 1866, Cope 1890, Fischer 1829, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Harington 2003, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Lacépède 1804, Lydekker 1887, Mead and Brownell 2005, Newton 1891, Nilsson 1847, Perkins 1908, Perkins 1908, Pictet 1853, Rice 1998, Scammon and Cope 1869, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Stewart and Stewart 1989, Thompson 1850, Thompson 1853, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Catodon sibbaldi, Delphinapterus senedetta

Type specimens:

  • Delphinapterus leucas: Its type locality is Ob River mouth, which is in a Holocene estuary/bay horizon in the Russian Federation
  • Beluga angustata:
  • Beluga borealis:
  • Beluga catodon:
  • Beluga concreta:
  • Beluga declivis:
  • Beluga glacialis:
  • Beluga kingii:
  • Beluga rhinodon:
  • Catodon albicans:
  • Catodon canadensis:
  • Cetus albicans:
  • Delphinapterus beluga:
  • Delphinapterus concreta:
  • Delphinapterus dorofeevi:
  • Delphinapterus freimani:
  • Delphinapterus marisalbi:
  • Delphinapterus vermontanus:
  • Delphinus albians:
  • Inia canadensis:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (26: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), Denmark (7), Greenland (1), Japan (1), the Netherlands (4), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Alaska, New York, Vermont)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence

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