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Narwhal

Monodon Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Monodon Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Monodon
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Canada Species List, Germany Species List, Greenland Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Baffin Bay Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, Northwestern Passages Species List, North Sea Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia LT, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Monodon
Recognized by AnAge articles, Furui 2020, and Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington
Monodon Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Narwalus Lacépède 1804
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Tachynices Brookes 1828
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Monodon spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Monodon spurius Fabricius 1780
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ceratodon
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Ceratodon Brünnich 1772
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Ceratodon Brünnich 1772
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ceratodontis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Diodon
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Monodon
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, NMNH type specimens, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Flickr BHL, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Narvalus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Narwalus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Narwalus Lacépède 1804
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Narwalus Lacépède 1804
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Narwalus Lacépède 1804
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Narwhalus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Tachynices
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Tachynices Brookes 1828
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Tachynices Brookes 1828
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Tachynices Brookes 1828
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

narwhal preferred
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Japanese

イッカク属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Monodon Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Monodon Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Monodon Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Monodon Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Monodontidae
Monodon (this page)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Delphinapterus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Monodon Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Monodontidae
Monodon Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Bohaskaia Vélez-Juarbe & Pyenson 2012
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804
Denebola Barnes 1984
Palaeophocaena Abel 1905
Protophocaena Abel 1905

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Monodon Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Monodontidae
Monodon (this page)
Monodon monoceros
Delphinapterus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinida
Delphinoidea
Monodontidae
Monodon (this page)
Monodon monoceros
Beluginae
Delphinapterinae
Delphinapterus

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Monodontidae
Monodon Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Delphinapterus
Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804
Monodon
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