Class IV. UNICORN NARWHAL. 



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GENUS II. NARWHAL. 



** With teeth. 



Teeth : one, sometimes two, issuing out of 

 the upper jaw, direct, straight, long, spiral. 

 Spiracle, on the head. 



Monodon Monoceros. M. 

 dente cornuformi spirali, ra- 

 rius duplici, recto, praelon- 

 go, exserto in maxilla supe- 

 riore. Faun. Groenl. 29. 



Gm. Lin. 222. 



M. piscis e genere cetaceo. 

 Wil. icth. 42. 



Raii Syn. pise. ii. 



Narwhal. Klein, miss. pise. 



ii. 18. t. 2. 



Faun. Suec. 48. 



Le Narwal vulgaire. Cepede 

 Hist, des Cet. 139- tab. 5.' 

 fg-2- 



Small headed Narwal. Flem- 

 ing in Mem. Wern.Soe. 131. 

 tab. 6. 



Artedi. Gen. 78. Syn. 108. 

 Arct. Zool. ii. 34g. 



1. Unicorn. 



[TWO instances only have occurred of the 

 Narwhal having been observed on the coast 

 of Great Britain. One was cast on the shore 

 near Boston in Lincolnshire, in February 1 800, 

 and was exhibited in many parts of the king- 

 dom. The length of its body was nearly seven- 

 teen feet, that of the tooth seven feet six inches ; 

 its girth was eight feet; the skin smooth and 

 polished. A drawing of this specimen was 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



