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MOXODON. NARWHAL 



Generic Character. 



Dens in maxilla supcriorc, 

 exsertus, prxlongus, rec- 

 tus, spiralis. 



Fistula respiratoria in vertice. 



Tooth* projecting from the 

 upper jaw, very long, strait, 

 spiral. 



Spiracle on the head. 



I MCORN NARWHAL. 



Monodon Monoceros. M. dentc cornuformi spirali, rarius du* 

 plici, rtcto, prirlongo, mcrtu in maxilla supcriore. Fab. Faun. 

 Greenland, p. 29. 



Narwhal with very long, strait, spiral, horn-like tooth (some- 

 times two) in the upper jaw. 



Monodon Monoceros. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 105. 



Unicornu marinum. Mus. Worm. p. 282, 283. 



Narhwal. Klrm. M. pise. 2. p. 1 8. 



HE Narwhal is a native of the northern seas, 

 where it is sometimes seen of the length of more 



* There are sometimes two teeth ; but as the animal is generally 

 found with one only, and as the generic name Monadon is given 

 from that very circumstance, I have taken the liberty (in order to 

 avoid so palpable an absurdity) to alter the generic character. 



