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mammalium . . ., p. 142 [type species: Monodon monoceros Linnaeus by 

 monotypy]. 



Diodon Storr, 1780, Prodromus methodi mammalium . . ., p. 42, tab. G 

 [new name for Monodon Linnaeus; name preoccupied by Diodon Lin- 

 naeus, a genus of fish]. 



Narwalus Lacepede, 1804, Hist. Nat. Cetacees, p. xxxvii [included 

 species: N. vulgaris (type by tdL\xtonomy= Monodon monoceros Linnaeus), 

 N. microcephalus (= Monodon monoceros Linnaeus), N. andersonianus 

 (—Monodon monoceros Linnaeus)]. 



Narwhalus Dumeril, 1806, Zool. Analytique, p. 28 [emendation of 

 Narwalus Lacepede]. — Fischer, 1829, Syn. Mamm., p. 516, ftn. 



Narhvalus Fischer, 1814, Zoognosia, Tab. Syn., p. 662 [misspelling of 

 Narwalus Lacepede]. 



Tachynices Brookes, 1828, Cat. Anat. Zool. Mus. Joshua Brookes, London, 

 p. 40 [type species: Tachynices megacephalus Brookes ( = Monodon mono- 

 ceros Linn.)]. 



Type species : Monodon monoceros Linnaeus by monotypy. 

 Distribution : Arctic seas south to the British Isles, the Netherlands, and 

 Labrador in the Atlantic and to the Bering Sea in the Pacific. 



Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 



Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1: 75. — Kellogg, 

 1928, Quart. Rev. Biol., p. 202, fig. 23 (auditory apparatus) [char- 

 acters]. — Van Deinse, 1931, De fossiele en recente Cetacea van Neder- 

 land, p. 187 [N. Atlantic: Netherlands]. — Guest, Buckley and Man- 

 ville, 1960, Journ. Mammal., 41: 250, pi. 1 (animal) [N. Pacific: 

 U.S.A. (Kiwalick Bay, Alaska, 66° N., 162° W.; other Alaskan records 

 compiled)]. — Tomilin, 1962, Cetacea of the U.S.S.R., Fauna U.S.S.R., 

 79: 144, fig. 44 (animal), fig. 45 (skull) [characters; distribution; 

 habits]. 



Monodon Narhval [sic], Borowski, 1781, Gemeinnuzzige Naturgeschichte 

 des Thierreichs, 2: 8 [emendation of narwhal Blumenbach]. 



Monodon Narwhal Blumenbach, 1788, Handb. Naturg., ed. 3, 1: 144; 

 Atlas, pi. 44 [new name for Monodon monoceros Linnaeus (see also 

 Blumenbach, earlier editions, op. cit.)]. 



Narwalus vulgaris Lacepede, 1804, Hist. Nat. Cetacees, pp. xxxvii, 142, 

 pi. 4, fig. 3 (animal) [new name for Monodon monoceros Linnaeus]. 



Narwalus microcephalus Lacepede, 1804, Hist. Nat. Cetacees, pp. xxxviii, 

 159, pi. 5, fig. 2 (animal) [N. Atlantic: U.S.A. (type locality: near 

 Boston, Massachusetts, where the species is not known to occur; 

 Greenland (Davis Strait) ; name based on a drawing after life, made in 

 February 1800 by M. W. Brand]. 



Narwalus Andersonianus Lacepede, 1804, Hist. Nat. Cetacees, pp. xxxviii, 



