beluga whale
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Summary
beluga whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,677 views/month, #324 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Delphinapterus[5]
- Taxon name: Delphinapterus leucas[6]
- Commons category: Delphinapterus leucas[7]
- Start time: -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Commons gallery: Delphinapterus leucas[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
- Original combination: Delphinus leucas[13]
- This taxon is source of: beluga whale meat[14]
- Taxon common name: Beluga[15], Hvidhval[16], Maitovalas[17], Mjaldur[18], シロイルカ[19], White Whale[20], Vitval[21], วาฬขาว[22], วาฬเบลูกา[23], Beluga whale[24], Beyaz balina[25], 白鲸[26], Ballena Blanca[27], Bélouga[28]
- Mass: 60 kg[29]
- Habitat: Arctic Ocean[30]
- Gestation period: 1 years[31]
- Minimum frequency of audible sound: 1000 hertz[32]
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Identifiers
beluga whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41461[33]. beluga whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9749[34]. beluga whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559337[35]. beluga whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220003[36]. beluga whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180483[37].
Discovery and Description
Things named for beluga whale include Beluga-class submarine[38], a submarine class[39].
Why It Matters
beluga whale has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include Beluga-class submarine[38], a submarine class[39].