CHAPTER VIII. 



Genus Narwal; Monodon; L. 



GENERIC CHARACTERS. 



General form of the body similar to that of the 

 dolphin; a single spiracle or blowhole on the supe- 

 rior part of the head; mouth small; no teeth within 

 the mouth, one long spiral tusk growing from the 

 intermaxillary bone; dorsal crest or spine, instead 

 of a fin. The eyes and ears small.* 



Species I. — The Narwal. 



Monodon Monoceros; L. 



Monodon Narwhal: Fabricius, Faun. Greenl. 29. 

 Narwhal oder einhorn: Anderson, Island. 225. 

 Narwhal: Bonnat. Cetol: 10. 



Narwhal Vulgaire: Lacep. Hist. Nat. des Cetaces. 142. 

 Narwhal, or Unicorn of the Whalers: Scoresby, Arct. Regions, i. 486. 

 Ibid. Voyage to Greenland, 129. 



\Commonly called Sea- Unicorn.'] 



The narwal is an inhabitant of the arctic seas, 

 and consequently is seldom seen, except by the ad- 



* " Penis vaginatus; mammae lactantes binae et genitalia 

 feminarum sub abdomine; pone ilia anus." Bonnat. 



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