The Narwhal, Monodon monoceros , in Eastern Canadian Waters

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Mansfield, A. W., Smith, T. G., Beck, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Greenland; Pond Inlet; Tooth The; Arctic cod; Baffin; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; White whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f75-122; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f75-122

In the Pond Inlet area of Baffin Island in 1963–65, 62 narwhals (Monodon monoceros) were caught in nets and examined. Growth layers occur in both the extruded tusk and in the embedded tooth. The few identifiable food remains in stomachs were of squid and Arctic cod. At birth, the calf measures about...