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Beluga Whale
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Fast Facts
Length: 15 feet (males); up to 14 feet (females).
Weight: Adult males 3000 lbs; females 2000 lbs.
Lifespan: 30+ years.
Range Map
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Endangered Species Act:
Endangered
IUCN Red List:
Near Threatened
CITES:
Appendix II
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Whales belong to the order cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Whales are divided into two suborders: baleen and toothed whales.
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Cook Inlet belugas are the most isolated and genetically distinct of Alaska’s five beluga populations, separated from the others by the geographic barrier of the Alaska Peninsula for over 10,000 years. Their previous range had been most or all of Cook Inlet, but today that range is much smaller.
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