Beluga Classification

Zoologists classify the beluga whale as follows:

• Phylum: Vertebrata
  
  • Class: Mammalia
    
    • Order: Cetacea
      
      • Superfamily: Delphinoidea
        
        • Family: Monodontidae
          
        • Subfamily: Delphinapterinae
          
          • Genus: Delphinapterus
            
            • Species: leucas
              

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• Names
• Range, Habitat
• Physical Characteristics
• Social and Feeding Habits

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