beluga whale

Summary

beluga whale is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,819 views/month, #324 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• beluga whale's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• beluga whale is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• beluga whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• beluga whale is classified within Delphinapterus^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, beluga whale is Delphinapterus leucas^[7].
• beluga whale's Commons category is recorded as Delphinapterus leucas^[8].
• beluga whale began on -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• beluga whale's Commons gallery is recorded as Delphinapterus leucas^[10].
• beluga whale's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• beluga whale's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• beluga whale's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• beluga whale's original combination is recorded as Delphinus leucas^[14].
• beluga whale's this taxon is source of is recorded as beluga whale meat^[15].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Beluga'}^[16].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Beluga'}^[17].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Hvidhval'}^[18].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Beluga'}^[19].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Maitovalas'}^[20].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'is', 'text': 'Mjaldur'}^[21].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'シロイルカ'}^[22].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White Whale'}^[23].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'beluga'}^[24].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Vitval'}^[25].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วาฬขาว'}^[26].
• beluga whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วาฬเบลูกา'}^[27].

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Classification

beluga whale's scientific name is Delphinapterus leucas^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Delphinapterus^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Beluga'}^[16], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Beluga'}^[17], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Hvidhval'}^[18], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Beluga'}^[19], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Maitovalas'}^[20], and {'lang': 'is', 'text': 'Mjaldur'}^[21].

Identifiers

beluga whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41461^[28]. beluga whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9749^[29]. beluga whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559337^[30]. beluga whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220003^[31]. beluga whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180483^[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for beluga whale include Beluga-class submarine^[33], a submarine class^[34].

Why It Matters

beluga whale ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,819 views/month, #324 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for it include Beluga-class submarine^[33], a submarine class^[34].