Beluga whale  (Delphinapterus leucas)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Monodontidae
Genus Delphinapterus (1)
Size Male length: 3.7 – 5.5 m (2)
Female length: 3 – 4.1 m (2)
Weight 500 – 1500 kg (3)

Status

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1). Listed on Appendix II of CITES (4), and listed on Appendix II of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention) (5).