| Beluga | |||
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| General information | |||
| Universe | Real Life | ||
| Aliases | White whale Melonhead Sea Canary | ||
| Classification | Delphinapterus leucas | ||
| Species type | Toothed Whale | ||
| Homeworld | Earth | ||
| Environment | Circumglobal seas | ||
| Intelligence | Semi-sapient | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-based lifeform | ||
| Discovered | 1776 | ||
| Discoverer | Peter Simon Pallas | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Lifespan | 70–80 years (rarely live past 30) | ||
| Reproduction | Sexual; give live birth | ||
| Average length | Male: 3.5 to 5.5 m (11 to 18 ft) Female: 3 to 4.1 m (9.8 to 13.5 ft) | ||
| Locomotion | Powered swimming | ||
| Feeding behavior | Carnivorous | ||
| Prey | Varies by type | ||
| Predators | Humans | ||
| Skin color | White | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Related species | Narwhal | ||
| Cultural information | |||
| Alignment | Unaligned | ||
| Organization | Pods | ||
| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Members | Bailey (from Finding Dory), Hvaldimir, NOC | ||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Planet | Earth | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | ||
| Kingdom | Animalia | ||
| Subkingdom | Eumetazoa | ||
| Infrakingdom | Bilateria | ||
| Superphylum | Deuterostomia | ||
| Phylum | Chordata | ||
| Subphylum | Vertebrata | ||
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata | ||
| Superclass | Tetrapoda | ||
| Class | Mammalia | ||
| Subclass | Theria | ||
| Infraclass | Eutheria | ||
| Superorder | Laurasiatheria | ||
| Order | Cetartiodactyla | ||
| Infraorder | Cetacea | ||
| Superfamily | Odontoceti (Toothed Whales) | ||
| Family | Monodontidae | ||
| Genus | Delphinapterus | ||
| Species | D. leucas | ||
| Other information | |||
| Status | Least Concern | ||
| Last sighting | Current (2020s) | ||
Belugas are white whales found in the ocean.
Hybrids[]
In 2019, research confirmed that narlugas—a hybrid between a female narwhal and a male beluga hypothesized for decades—truly existed thanks to genetic sequencing. It should be noted however that there are rules to hybrid naming conventions and that technically it would be a belwhal as the father's species comes first and the mother's comes last. However, it is thought that the hybrid name will remain due to decades in the public consciousness.