Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Monodontidae; Monodon; Monodon monoceros; Arctic Ocean; narhval; narwhal*; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329779; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F067943E3AE61E6CDB05A9B0971C47E8

Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 75. 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). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 735, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519