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Monodon monoceros (narhwal)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae

Taxonomy

Monodon monoceros was named by Linnaeus (1758) [No type specimen designated (Hershkovitz, 1966). ]. It is extant.

Synonyms

Ceratodontis ceratodon was named by Brisson (1762). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Reeves and Tracey (1980) and Jefferson (2021).
Monodon narhval was named by Borowski (1781). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Reeves and Tracey (1980) and Jefferson (2021).
Monodon narhwal was named by Blumenbach (1779). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Reeves and Tracey (1980) and Jefferson (2021).
Ceratodon monodon was named by Pallas (1811). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Reeves and Tracey (1980), Mead and Brownell (2005) and Jefferson (2021).
Tachynices megacephalus was named by Brookes (1828). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Reeves and Tracey (1980) and Jefferson (2021).
Narwalus vulgaris was named by Lacépède (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Hershkovitz (1966), Reeves and Tracey (1980), Mead and Brownell (2005) and Jefferson (2021).
Narwalus microcephalus was named by Lacépède (1804). It is extant.

It was recombined as Monodon microcephalus by Fleming (1811); it was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Hershkovitz (1966), Reeves and Tracey (1980), Mead and Brownell (2005) and Jefferson (2021).
Narwalus andersonianus was named by Lacépède (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Monodon monoceros by Hershkovitz (1966), Reeves and Tracey (1980) and Jefferson (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Monodon monoceros Linnaeus p. 75
1762	Ceratodontis ceratodon Brisson p. 366
1779	Monodon narhwal Blumenbach p. 142
1781	Monodon narhval Borowski p. 142
1804	Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède p. 142
1804	Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède p. 159
1804	Narwalus andersonianus Lacépède p. 163
1811	Monodon microcephalus Fleming
1811	Ceratodon monodon Pallas p. 146
1828	Tachynices megacephalus Brookes p. 40
1829	Monodon monoceros Fischer p. 516
1846	Monodon monoceros Gray p. 29
1847	Monodon monoceros Nilsson p. 619
1850	Monodon monoceros Gray p. 75
1864	Monodon monoceros Gray p. 247
1866	Monodon monoceros Gray p. 310
1868	Monodon monoceros Gray p. 9
1873	Monodon monoceros Brandt p. 232
1887	Monodon monoceros Lydekker p. 78
1891	Monodon monoceros Newton p. 78
1902	Monodon monoceros Hay p. 594
1904	Monodon monoceros Trouessart p. 772
1911	Monodon monoceros Thomas p. 155
1912	Monodon monoceros Turner p. 96
1930	Monodon monoceros Hay p. 595
1963	Monodon monoceros Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966	Monodon monoceros Hershkovitz p. 112
1980	Monodon monoceros Reeves and Tracey p. 1
1998	Monodon monoceros Rice p. 97
2005	Monodon monoceros Mead and Brownell p. 735
2008	Monodon monoceros Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2021	Monodon monoceros Jefferson p. 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Whippomorpha
order	Cetacea
—	Pelagiceti
—	Neoceti
suborder	Odontoceti
infraorder	Delphinida
superfamily	Delphinoidea
family	Monodontidae
genus	Monodon
species	monoceros

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 [narhwal]

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Invalid names: Ceratodon monodon Pallas 1811 [synonym], Ceratodontis ceratodon Brisson 1762 [synonym], Monodon narhval Borowski 1781 [synonym], Monodon narhwal Blumenbach 1779 [synonym], Narwalus andersonianus Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Tachynices megacephalus Brookes 1828 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available