Monodontidae Gray, 1821 
AphiaID: 136983

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Odontoceti
Source		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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Norwegian Bokmål narhvalfamilien  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk narkvalfamilien  [details] Swedish vitvalar  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Delphinapterus Lacépède, 1804
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136983
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2005-03-29 08:12:19Z   changed   Claus, Simon 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William 2009-03-09 11:18:10Z   changed   Perrin, William 2009-03-11 12:36:54Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Monodontidae Gray, 1821. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136983 on 2013-05-19
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