What is Beluga whale?
{{Taxobox | name = Beluga Whale | image = Belugawhale_MMC.jpg | image_width = 250px | image2 = Beluga_size.svg | image2_width = 250px | image2_caption = Size comparison against an average [[human]] | status = NT | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=red> {{cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6335/0 |title=IUCN Red List (version 2009.1) - Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga, White Whale) |publisher=www.iucnredlist.org |access-date=2009-07-16 }} </ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Cetacea]] | subordo = [[Odontoceti]] | familia = [[Monodontidae]] | genus = '''''Delphinapterus''''' | species = '''''D. leucas''''' | binomial = ''Delphinapterus leucas'' | binomial_authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1776) }} The '''beluga whale''' (''Delphinapterus leucas'') is a small, toothed whale<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/activities/whaletemplates/Belugatemplate.shtml|publisher=EnchantedLearning.com|access-date=2011-03-28|title=Beluga Whale}}</ref> that is white as an adult.<ref name=ng>{{cite web |url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/beluga-whale.html |title=Beluga Whale, Beluga Whale Profile, Facts, Information, Photos, Pictures, Sounds, Habitats, Reports, News - National Geographic |publisher=animals.nationalgeographic.com |access-date=2009-07-16 |archive-date=2007-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613043251/http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/beluga-whale.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> They are found in coastal areas of the [[Arctic Ocean]], and travel south when the sea ice forms. == Description == The beluga's body is [[stout]] and has a small, [[blunt]] [[head]] with a small [[beak]], tiny [[eye]]s and thick layers of [[blubber]]. On their head they have a round shape called the [[melon]].<ref name=cet>{{cite web |url=http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/BelugaWhale.htm |title=Beluga Whale: Cetacean Fact Sheet |publisher=www.acsonline.org