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MONODON. NARWHAL. 



Generic Character, 



Dens In maxilla superlore. Tooth* projecting from the 

 exsertus, praelongus, rec- upper jaw, very long, strait, 

 tus, spiralis. spiral. 



Fistula respiratona in vertice. spiracle on the head. 



UNICORN NAR\yHAL. 



Monodon Monoceros. M, dtnte cormformi spiralis rarius du* 

 plici, rectOj preelongOj exserto in maxilla superiore. Fab. Faun. 

 Groenland. p. 29. 



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

 times two) in the upper jaw. 



Monodon Monoceros. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 10^. 



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



Narhwal. Klein, M, pise. 2. p. iS. 



TThE 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 Monodon is given 

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

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



