Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:75.

TYPE LOCALITY: Arctic Seas .

DISTRIBUTION: Arctic seas, circumpolar; occasionally as far south as the Netherlands.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Reeves and Tracey, 1980, Mamm. Species, 127:1-7.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411003002001001.