Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti

Monodontidae Gray, 1821

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Delphinapterus Lacépède, 1804
Monodon Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): narhvalfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: narhvalfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: narhvalfamilien sources: London Med. Repos., 15(1):310

Norwegian Nynorsk: narkvalfamilien sources: London Med. Repos., 15(1):310

Nynorsk (Norwegian): narkvalfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: vitvalar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

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External Links

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Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Monodontidae Gray, 1821. In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136983