Monodontidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

London Med. Repos. vol.15 1 p.310

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Cetacea

family

Monodontidae

Name

Synonyms

Belugidae

Delphinapteridae

Norvallidae

Tachynicidae

Homonyms

Monodontidae

Common names

Hvidhvaler in Danish

white whales in English

white whales in English

white whales in English

Narwhals and Belugas in English

vitvalar in Swedish

narhvalfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål

narkvalfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian

vitvalar in Swedish

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