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Monotypic taxon: Genus Monodon Linnaeus, 1758 - narwhal (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 75.

Types

Type of: Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 136. [inferred]
Type of: Monodontinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Type, by monotypy: Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable name: Monodon (Genus) Artedi, nom. inval.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Ceratodon (Genus) Brid. (1826) Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Ceratodontis (Genus) Brisson, 1762 Ref: PBDB: 25 Jun 2021.
Synonymous name: Diodon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Narvalus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Narwalus (Genus) Lacepède, 1804 Ref: PBDB: 25 Jun 2021.
Synonymous name: Narwhalus (Genus) Duméril, 1806 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Tachynices (Genus) Brookes, 1828 Ref: PBDB: 25 Jun 2021.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: narwhal
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