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Beluga

Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Delphinapterus
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Canada Species List, France Species List, Greenland Species List, Norway Species List, Russia Species List, Sweden Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, wikipedia ID, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Arctic Ocean Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Skagerrak Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Delphinapterus
Subgenus recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Delphinapterus
Recognized by AnAge articles, Furui 2020, and Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Delphinus subgen. Delphinapterus
Subgenus recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Argocetus Gloger 1842
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Beluga Rafinesque 1815
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Beluga kingii Hector 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinapterus senedetta Lacépède 1804
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agrocetus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Argocetus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Argocetus Gloger 1842
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Argocetus Gloger 1842
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Argocetus Gloger 1842
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Beluga
Harvest ancestor according to Flickr BHL and Flickr Group
Beluga
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Beluga Rafinesque 1815
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Beluga Rafinesque 1815
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Beluga Rafinesque 1815
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Delphinaptera
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Delphinapterus
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, NMNH type specimens, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Delphinaster
Misspelling according to Paleobiology Database
Delphinopterus
Misspelling according to Paleobiology Database
Delphis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

beluga preferred
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Japanese

シロイルカ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804 (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Monodon Linnaeus 1758

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804 (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Monodon Linnaeus 1758

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804 (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Monodon Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Monodontidae
Delphinapterus (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Monodon

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804 (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Monodon Linnaeus 1758

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Monodontidae
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804 (this page)
Delphinapterus brocchii Brandt 1873
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Bohaskaia Vélez-Juarbe & Pyenson 2012
Denebola Barnes 1984
Monodon Linnaeus 1758
Palaeophocaena Abel 1905
Protophocaena Abel 1905

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804 (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Monodon Linnaeus 1758

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Monodontidae
Delphinapterus (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas
Monodon

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinida
Delphinoidea
Monodontidae
Delphinapterus (this page)
Delphinapterus leucas
Beluginae
Delphinapterinae
Monodon

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinida
Delphinoidea
Delphinidae
Delphininae
Delphinus
Delphinapterus (this page)
Chaenodelphinus
Delphinorhynchus
Delphinus aduncus
Delphinus alope
Delphinus attenuatus
Delphinus blainvillei
Delphinus capensis
Delphinus coeruleoalbus
Delphinus commersonii
Delphinus cruciger
Delphinus cymodoce
Delphinus delphis
Delphinus densirostris
Delphinus doris
Delphinus dubius
Delphinus euphrosyne
Delphinus eurynome
Delphinus fitzroyi
Delphinus gangeticus
Delphinus griseus
Delphinus intermedius
Delphinus leucas
Delphinus livittatus
Delphinus major
Delphinus melas
Delphinus metis
Delphinus microps
Delphinus orca
Delphinus peronii
Delphinus phocaenoides
Delphinus phocoena
Delphinus pomeegra
Delphinus stenorhynchus
Delphinus tropicalis
Delphinus truncatus
Grampus
Phocaena
Sotalia
Steno
Tursio

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Delphinidae
Delphinus
Delphinus subgen. Delphinapterus (this page)
Delphinus capensis capensis Jefferson & Van Waerebeek 2002
Delphinus capensis tropicalis (Van Bree 1971)
Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus 1758
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Delphinus delphis ponticus Barabasch-Nikiforov 1935
Delphinus subgen. Chaenodelphinus
Delphinus subgen. Delphinorhynchus
Delphinus subgen. Grampus
Delphinus subgen. Lagenorhynchus
Delphinus subgen. Phocaena
Delphinus subgen. Sotalia
Delphinus subgen. Steno
Delphinus subgen. Tursio
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