Monodontidae, Gray, 1821

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 290-304 : 298

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7352983
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7212063
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scientific name	Monodontidae
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Family Monodontidae View in CoL

REVIEWED BY: T. Kasuya (TK); J. G. Mead (JGM); D. W. Rice (DWR); O. L. Rossolimo (OLR) (U.S.S.R.).

COMMENT: Some authors include Orcaella in this family; see Kasuya, 1973, Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 25:1 -103; and Barnes, 1976, Syst. Zool., 23:321-343; but see also Rice, 1977. Monodontidae has been considered as a subfamily of Delphinidae ; but see also Rice, 1977.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411003000000000.