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

Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monodon*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Bulgarian: nаrvаl; Нарвал sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Chukchi (Louravetlany): kaipuuliak

Chukot: kaipuuliak

Czech: narval; narval jednorohý

Danish: narhval

Dutch: eenhornvis; narwal

English: hog; horned whale; narwhal; sea unicorn; unicorne sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Narwhal sources: Charles Hussey

French: licorne de mer; narval

German: Narwal

Greek: Νάρβαλ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greenlandic: kelleluak-kakortok; killalugaq; qernertaq; rusaluvak-kernartak; tauvar; tugalik

Icelandic: illhval; nahveli; narhvalur; rödkamm

Inuktitut: Adlungwak; killalugaq; tugalik (W. Greenland)

Italian: narvalo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ikkuka; itsu kaku

Kalaallisut: kelelluak-tuak; kelleluak-kakortok; killalugaq; qernertaq; rusaluvak-kernartak; tauvar; tugalik

Lithuanian: narvalas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: lighval; narhval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: narhval sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:75

Norwegian Nynorsk: narkval sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:75

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

Polish: narwal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: narval

Russian: edinorog; edinozub; jedinorogh morskoi; narval; rogozub; нарвал-единорог sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: narval sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: narval

Swedish: enhornad hortand; narval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: deniz gerdani; denizgerdani; narval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Нарвал; одноріг sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morfil uncorn

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Reeves, R. R. and S. Tracey. (1980). Monodon monoceros. Mammalian Species 127:1--7.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (65 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (526 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758. 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:137116