Beluga Whale Skull Replica

Description

Beluga whale skull replica measures 19.6 x 11.0 x 9.0 inches. The Delphinapterus leucas is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2 part skull (seperate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. (life size), Made in USA.

Beluga whales live in the freezing Arctic and sub-Arctic waters throughout the far north. Their geographic territory spans across shallow bays in Canada, Greenland, Russia and Alaska.

Capelin, smelt, sole, flounder, herring, sculpin, and salmon make up their fish diet. These opportunistic feeders also hunt diverse invertebrates like shrimp, crabs, clams, octopus, sea snails, and bristle worms along the muddy seafloor.

Adults have a pure white body that helps them blend into ice-filled northern waters. A flexible neck containing seven separate, unfused vertebrae allows them to turn their heads up and down or side to side, an anatomical trait absent in most other whales.

They lack a dorsal fin bone entirely, instead utilizing a hardened dorsal ridge to swim easily under thick sheets of Arctic sea ice. Broad, short, and nearly square-shaped flippers help them navigate tight underwater ice tunnels.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Artiodactyla
• Infraorder: Cetacea
• Family: Monodontidae
• Genus: Delphinapterus Lacépède, 1804
• Species: D. leucas
• Binomial name: Delphinapterus leucas
• Conservation status: Least Concern

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