Beluga

Common Name
Beluga
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Monodontidae
Species Name
Delphinapterus leucas
Status
Vulnerable
States
Alaska
Massachusetts
New York

Distribution

Circumpolar in Arctic seas; Okhotsk and Bering Seas; northern Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of St. Lawrence: arctic to cold-temperate waters; occasionally strays south to Honshu, Japan; France; and Massachusetts, USA

Notes

May roll and twitter when surfacing; has a flexible neck and can rotate head. Not acrobatic, but does "spy-hop". Habitat is coastal, estuarine and offshore waters.