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SPECIES Monodon monoceros

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 75.
Common Name:Narwhal
Type Locality:"Habitat in Oceano Septentrionali Americae, Europae." (= northern seas of Europe and America).
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.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Reviewed by Reeves and Tracey (1980, Mammalian Species, 127) and Hay and Mansfield (1989).
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Synonyms:

    microcephalus (Lacépède, 1804)
    monodon (Pallas, 1811)
    narhval Blumenbach, 1788
    vulgaris (Lacépède, 1804)

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