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GENUS Delphinapterus

Author:Lacépède, 1804.
Citation:Hist. Nat. Cetacees: 241.
Type Species:Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède 1804 (= Delphinus leucas Pallas, 1776).
Comments:Reviewed by Kleinenberg et al. (1969) and T. G. Smith et al. (1990).
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SPECIES leucas

Synonyms:

    Argocetus Gloger, 1842
    Beluga Rafinesque, 1815

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