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Bohaskaia
Restoration of Bohaskaia monodontoides
An artist's illustration of Bohaskaia monodontoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebra
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Monodontidae
Genus: Bohaskaia
Vélez-Juarbe & Pyenson, 2012
Species: B. monodontoides
Binomial name
Bohaskaia monodontoides
Vélez-Juarbe & Pyenson, 2012

Bohaskaia is an extinct genus of beluga-like odontocete cetacean known from the Early Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States. It was first named by Jorge Vélez-Juarbe and Nicholas D. Pyenson in 2012 and the type species is Bohaskaia monodontoides.

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