Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758

Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 75.

Type Locality: "Habitat in Oceano Septentrionali Americae, Europae." (= northern seas of Europe and America).

Vernacular Names: Narwhal.

Synonyms: Monodon microcephalus (Lacépède 1804); Monodon narhval Blumenbach 1788; Monodon vulgaris (Lacépède 1804) .

Distribution: Arctic Ocean; rarely in Beaufort, Bering, Chuckchi and East Siberian Seas; occasional strays as far south as Newfoundland, the Netherlands, British Isles and Japan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by Reeves and Tracey (1980, Mammalian Species, 127) and Hay and Mansfield (1989).