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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137116

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Monodontidae (Family) > Monodon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Monodon Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa		  Ceratodon monodon Pallas, 1811 (synonym)
 Ceratodontis ceratodon Brisson, 1762 (synonym)
 Monodon microcephalus Fleming, 1811 (synonym)
 Monodon narhval Borowski, 1781 (synonym)
 Monodon narhwal Blumenbach, 1799 (synonym)
 Narwalus andersonianus Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
 Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
 Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
 Tachynices megacephalus Brookes, 1828 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae. Editio Decima, Tomus I. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentii Salvii.
page(s): 75 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details]

additional source: Rice, D.W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4:1--231/ [details]

additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

additional source: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008., available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]

additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

additional source: Reeves, R. R. and S. Tracey. (1980). Monodon monoceros. Mammalian Species 127:1--7. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Chukchi (Louravetlany) kaipuuliak  [details]
Czech narval  [details]
Czech narval jednorohý  [details]
Danish narhval  [details]
Dutch eenhornvis  [details]
Dutch narwal  [details]
English narwhal  [details]
English sea unicorn  [details]
French licorne de mer  [details]
French narval  [details]
German Narwal  [details]
Greenlandic kelleluak-kakortok  [details]
Greenlandic rusaluvak-kernartak  [details]
Greenlandic tauvar  [details]
Greenlandic tugalik  [details]
Icelandic illhval  [details]
Icelandic narhvalur  [details]
Icelandic rödkamm  [details]
Japanese ikkuka  [details]
Japanese itsu kaku  [details]
Norwegian lighval  [details]
Norwegian narhval  [details]
Portuguese narval  [details]
Russian edinorog  [details]
Russian edinozub  [details]
Russian jedinorogh morskoi  [details]
Russian narval  [details]
Russian rogozub  [details]
Slovenian Narval  [details]
Spanish narval  [details]
Swedish enhornad hortand  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Links To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Holotype: None in existence; name based on the narwhal of whalers and authors. [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened (NT) [details]

Type locality: Northern seas of Europe and America. [details]
Images 
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 44)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 44)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
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qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:06:17

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 45)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 45)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:06:25

Monodon monoceros
Monodon monoceros
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:06:35

Monodon monoceros
Monodon monoceros
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:06:43

Monodon monoceros
Monodon monoceros
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history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137116 on 2010-09-02
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