Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 735

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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL

Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 75 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Habitat in Oceano Septentrionali Americae, Europae." (= northern seas of Europe and America).

Vernacular Names: Narwhal.

Synonyms: Monodon microcephalus (Lacépède 1804) ; Monodon narhval Blumenbach 1788 ; Monodon vulgaris (Lacépède 1804) .

Distribution: Arctic Ocean; rarely in Beaufort, Bering, Chuckchi and East Siberian Seas; occasional strays as far south as Newfoundland, the Netherlands, British Isles and Japan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by Reeves and Tracey (1980, Mammalian Species, 127) and Hay and Mansfield (1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Monodontidae

Genus

Monodon

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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
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Monodon monoceros

Linnaeus 1758: 75
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