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Monotypic taxon: Genus Delphinapterus Lacépède, 1804 - beluga (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation de Lacépède, 1804
Original name de Lacépède, 1804. H.N. Cétac.: xli.

Types

Type ofDelphinapterinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1871
Type, by synonymyDelphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)

Synonyms

Accepted nameBeluga (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.E. Gray, 1866a: 307.
Synonymous nameAgrocetus (Genus) Gloger, 1842 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameArgocetus (Genus) Gloger, 1841 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameBeluga (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 2005: 735.
Synonymous nameDelphinaptera (Genus) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameDelphis (Genus) Wagler, 1830, nom. illeg. Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namebeluga
white whale
beluga whale
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