beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

English: Photograph, Butchering a whale, Little Whale River, QC, 1872, James Laurence Cotter, Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process - 10 x 15 cm
Français : Photographie, Dépeçage d'une baleine, Petite rivière de la Baleine, QC, 1872, James Laurence Cotter, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton - Papier albuminé - 10 x 15 cm
Date 1872
Author James Laurence Cotter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baleine_Petite_riviere_de_la_Baleine_1872.jpg

The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean of the family Monodontidae. This white whale is also known as the beluga, melonhead, or sea canary.


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Description		beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) English: Photograph, Butchering a whale, Little Whale River, QC, 1872, James Laurence Cotter, Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process - 10 x 15 cm Français : Photographie, Dépeçage d'une baleine, Petite rivière de la Baleine, QC, 1872, James Laurence Cotter, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton - Papier albuminé - 10 x 15 cm Date 1872 Author James Laurence Cotter Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baleine_Petite_riviere_de_la_Baleine_1872.jpg The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean of the family Monodontidae. This white whale is also known as the beluga, melonhead, or sea canary.

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