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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyMonodontidae
genusMonodon
speciesmonoceros

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
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Monodon monoceros (48093)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Monodon monoceros (85135)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126United Kingdom (England) Monodon monoceros (58419 77754)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Netherlands Monodon monoceros (109703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (New Brunswick) Monodon monoceros (73672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Monodon monoceros (96874)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greenland Monodon monoceros (227040)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Iceland Monodon monoceros (168231)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Monodon monoceros (168230)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Monodon monoceros (162545 227877 229885 229938 229939 229940 229942 229943)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) Monodon monoceros (187755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Monodon monoceros (168232)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Monodon monoceros (73710 228919)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Carey Oer) Monodon monoceros (177153)