Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Monodontidae
- genus
- Monodon
- species
- Monodon monoceros
Name
- Synonyms
- Ceratodon monodon Pallas, 1811
- Ceratodontis ceratodon Brisson, 1762
- Monodon microcephalus Fleming, 1811
- Monodon moneceros Linnaeus, 1758
- Monodon monocerus
- Monodon narhval Borowski, 1781
- Monodon narhwal Blumenbach, 1799
- Narwalus andersonianus Lacépède, 1804
- Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède, 1804
- Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804
- Tachynices megacephalus Brookes, 1828
- Homonyms
- Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Horned Whale in English
- Narhval in Norwegian
- Narhval in Danish
- Narval in French
- Narwal in German
- Narwal in German
- Narwhal in English
- Narwhal in English
- Narwhal in English
- Narwhal in language.
- Narwhal in English
- Narwhal in English
- Sea Unicorn in English
- Unicorn Whale in English
- narhwal in English
- narval in French
- narval in French
- narval in French
- narwal in Dutch
- narwhal in language.
- narwhal in English
- Narwal in Dutch
- Narwhal in English
- Narwhal in English
- coarvebuovja in Northern Sami
- narhval in Norwegian Bokmål
- narkval in Nynorsk, Norwegian
- narval in Swedish
- Adlungwak in Inuktitut
- Morfil Uncorn in Welsh
- Morfilod Uncorn in Welsh
- Narhval in Danish
- Narval in French
- Narval in Spanish
- Narwal in German
- Narwal in English
- Qirniqtaq in Inuktitut
- Tuugaalik in Inuktitut
- deniz gerdani in Turkish
- denizgerdani in Turkish
- edinorog in Russian
- edinozub in Russian
- eenhornvis in Dutch
- enhornad hortand in Swedish
- hog in English
- horned whale in English
- ikkuka in Japanese
- illhval in Icelandic
- itsu kaku in Japanese
- jedinorogh morskoi in Russian
Bibliographic References
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
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