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TAB. IX. 
MONODON Monoceros. 
Sea Unicorn , or Narwhal. 
Class i. Mammalia. Order 7 . Cete. 
Char. Teeth two, long, spiral, projected for- 
wards from the front of the upper jaw, through 
the lip. 
Syn. Monodon Monoceros. Linn. Syst . Nat. ed. 13. 
v ' G 222 * Turl. v. 1. 127. 
his animal was cast on the coast atFriestone, in Boston- 
eC P S, .° n , Feb- 15 ’ 180 °- 11 perfectly agreed with the 
name given by Lmnasus, in having but one tooth, looking 
‘ e a horn; but, on examining the upper jaw, it was 
, ery cvldent that the other tooth had been lost; and we 
m r Sm u C , Seen a perfect skeleton of the head of this ani- 
Dresonf 11 ^ 1 16 tW ° tCCtb fixed ln tllcir P ro P er sockets. The 
feet six incheT\T " and the t00th seven 
groove to ■ ’ 1 hU tCCth are s P iral, y twisted, with a slight 
a ‘id consisT 1 ' f lUn ° * Sm °° th P omt > as if wom down, 
small F ° f I" 7 hard ’ C °“ pact ivo T- Mouth rather 
w J 71 ; r r " u t rouniW “ ,i biunt - e >" s 
a 'l the Or I . ° ns,de,in S th e size of the animal, as in 
the back ^ ^i ^ C observed the rudiment of a fin on 
the nose toTh “ ^ ““ thc taiL Black above from 
sides wbi e L Ul ’ softened w ‘th streaky spots towards the 
voj j C arC whlte -> W1 th a few spots. Belly white. 
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