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Taxon: Species Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 - narwhal (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank:  Will. icht. 42.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 75.
Unavailable subsequent generic combination: 

Types

Type, by monotypy, of: Monodon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Different spelling: Monodon monoceras

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Ceratodon monodon Pallas, 1811 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Ceratodontis ceratodon Brisson, 1762 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Monodon narhval Borowski, 1781 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Monodon narhwal Blumenbach, 1779 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Narwalus andersonianus B. G. E. de Lacepède Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède, 1804 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Tachynices megacephalus Brookes, 1828 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
In (pro parte): Monoceros veter., nom. inval.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: narwal

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: narwhal Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 136.
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