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Delphinapterus leucas (beluga whale)
Taxonomy
Delphinus leucas was named by Pallas (1776) [no type specimen designated
]. It is extant. Its type locality is Ob River mouth, which is in a Holocene estuary/bay horizon in the Russian Federation.
It was replaced with Beluga borealis by Lesson (1828); it was recombined as Delphinapterus leucas by Flower (1885), Lydekker (1887), Newton (1891), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Hay (1930), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Stewart and Stewart (1989), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008) and Jefferson (2021).
It was replaced with Beluga borealis by Lesson (1828); it was recombined as Delphinapterus leucas by Flower (1885), Lydekker (1887), Newton (1891), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Hay (1930), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Stewart and Stewart (1989), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008) and Jefferson (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1762 | Cetus albicans Brisson |
1776 | Balaena albicans Muller p. 7 |
1776 | Delphinus leucas Pallas p. 85 |
1804 | Catodon albicans Lacépède p. 218 |
1804 | Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède p. 243 |
1820 | Delphinus albians Nilsson p. 243 |
1821 | Delphinus leucaster Gray p. 310 |
1822 | Delphinus canadensis Desmarest |
1827 | Delphinus kingii Gray p. 235 |
1828 | Beluga glacialis Lesson p. 194 |
1828 | Beluga borealis Lesson p. 440 |
1828 | Catodon canadensis Lesson p. 440 |
1829 | Delphinus canadensis Fischer p. 505 |
1829 | Delphinus kingii Fischer p. 513 |
1829 | Delphinus leucas Fischer p. 513 |
1846 | Beluga catodon Gray p. 29 |
1846 | Beluga kingii Gray p. 30 |
1846 | Inia canadensis Gray p. 45 |
1847 | Delphinus leucas Nilsson p. 614 |
1850 | Beluga catodon Gray p. 77 |
1850 | Beluga kingii Gray p. 79 |
1850 | Delphinus vermontana Thompson p. 262 |
1853 | Delphinus vermontanus Pictet p. 382 |
1853 | Beluga vermontana Thompson p. 15 |
1865 | Beluga declivis Cope p. 274 |
1865 | Beluga concreta Cope p. 278 |
1865 | Beluga rhinodon Cope p. 278 |
1865 | Delphinapterus concreta Cope p. 278 |
1866 | Beluga angustata Cope p. 293 |
1866 | Beluga kingii Gray p. 309 |
1868 | Beluga kingii Gray p. 9 |
1869 | Beluga declivis Scammon and Cope p. 23 |
1885 | Delphinapterus leucas Flower pp. 14-15 |
1887 | Delphinapterus leucas Lydekker p. 78 |
1890 | Delphinapterus vermontanus Cope p. 616 |
1891 | Delphinapterus leucas Newton p. 79 |
1898 | Delphinapterus vermontana Trouessart p. 1051 |
1902 | Delphinapterus leucas Hay p. 594 |
1902 | Delphinapterus vermontana Hay p. 594 |
1904 | Delphinapterus vermontana Trouessart p. 771 |
1904 | Delphinapterus kingi Trouessart p. 772 |
1904 | Delphinapterus leucas Trouessart p. 772 |
1908 | Delphinapterus vermontanus Perkins p. 77 |
1912 | Delphinapterus leucas Turner p. 103 |
1930 | Delphinapterus leucas Hay p. 593 |
1930 | Delphinapterus vermontanus Hay p. 594 |
1935 | Delphinapterus freimani Klumov p. 26 |
1935 | Delphinapterus dorofeevi Klumov and Barabash p. 24 |
1935 | Delphinapterus marisalbi Ostroumov |
1963 | Delphinapterus leucas Scheffer and Rice p. 5 |
1966 | Delphinapterus leucas Hershkovitz p. 391 |
1989 | Delphinapterus leucas Stewart and Stewart p. 1 |
1998 | Delphinapterus leucas Rice p. 96 |
2005 | Delphinapterus leucas Mead and Brownell p. 735 |
2008 | Delphinapterus leucas Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
2008 | Delphinapterus leucas Uhen et al. p. 590 |
2021 | Delphinapterus leucas Jefferson p. 11 |
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Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 [beluga whale]
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Invalid names: Beluga angustata Cope 1866 [synonym], Beluga borealis Lesson 1828 [synonym], Beluga catodon Gray 1846 [synonym], Beluga concreta Cope 1865 [synonym], Beluga declivis Cope 1865 [synonym], Beluga glacialis Lesson 1828 [synonym], Beluga kingii Gray 1827 [synonym], Beluga rhinodon Cope 1865 [synonym], Catodon albicans Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Catodon canadensis Lesson 1828 [synonym], Cetus albicans Brisson 1762 [synonym], Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinapterus concreta Cope 1865 [synonym], Delphinapterus dorofeevi Klumov and Barabash 1935 [synonym], Delphinapterus freimani Klumov 1935 [synonym], Delphinapterus marisalbi Ostroumov 1935 [synonym], Delphinapterus vermontanus Thompson 1850 [synonym], Delphinus albians Muller 1776 [synonym], Inia canadensis Desmarest 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 |
Collections (56 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Delphinapterus leucas (189573) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Delphinapterus leucas (189574) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Delphinapterus leucas (58420) | |
Pleistocene | Sweden | Delphinus leucas (159729) | |
Pleistocene | Denmark | Delphinus leucas (159730 159733) | |
Calabrian | Netherlands | Delphinapterus leucas (53897) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Delphinapterus leucas (58419) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Canada (Quebec) | Delphinapterus leucas (116551) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (New Brunswick) | Delphinapterus sp. (73664) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Denmark | Delphinapterus leucas (96120 96128 96129 96130) Delphinus leucas (96118) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | Delphinapterus leucas (73693) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Quebec) | Delphinapterus leucas (51004 51006 51017 96872) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Delphinapterus leucas (73634) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Delphinapterus leucas (82530 82533) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Belgium | Delphinapterus leucas (82528) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Vermont) | Delphinus vermontana (51003) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Sweden | Delphinapterus leucas (96117 96123) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Beluga vermontana (51010) Delphinapterus leucas (51007 51009 51011 51012 51014 51015) | |
Holocene | Greenland | Delphinapterus leucas (168233) | |
Holocene | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Delphinapterus leucas (168234) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Delphinapterus leucas (228921 228924) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation | Delphinapterus leucas (168236) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Delphinus leucas (type locality: 86903) | |
Holocene | Japan | Delphinapterus leucas (82088) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Delphinapterus leucas (160848 228756 228757 228895 228897 228919) | |
Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland) | Delphinapterus leucas (228844) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Delphinapterus leucas (51005 221970 228861) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Delphinapterus leucas (168235 175943 175948 175950 175951) |