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Teeth not numerous, (most frequently two 

 only in one jaw, or none at all ;) the lower jaw 

 commonly more voluminous than the upper. 



Note. — (The JVarivhal, of which they have 

 made a particular genus, might, according to Des- 

 marest, be rigorously placed under this sub- 

 genus.) 



Species. 



1. Delphinus anarnachus, Desm. Mamm. p. 520. 

 Anarnak, of the Greenlanders, Otho Fabric. Fau- 

 na Groenlandica, p. 31. Monodon anarnak. Mo- 

 nodon spuriiis, Bonnaterre, Cetolog. p. 1 1, No. 2. 



Char. Essent. Body elongated ; two small re- 

 curved canine teeth in the upper jaw only ; a small 

 blackish coloured dorsal fin. 



Dimensions. This is one of the smallest ani- 

 mals of the whole order. 



Inhabit the seas of Greenland, and do not ap- 

 proach the shore. 



Genus. 



Monodon^ Linn. Erxleb. Gmel. Bonnat 



Ceratodon, Briss. Illig. 



Diodo7i, Storr. 



JVanvhalus, Lacep. Dumeril, Te^dm. Cuvier. 



JVanvhal. 



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