Narwhal
Narwhal | |
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File:Narwhal.png | |
Side and bottom views of an individual | |
File:Narwhal size-2.png | |
Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Clade: | Cetancodontamorpha |
Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
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Genus: | {{{1}}} |
Species: | M. monoceros |
Binomial name | |
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
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File:Narwhal range.png | |
Range of M. monoceros |
Other names[edit]
It is also as the Narwhale.
Description[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Jefferson, T.A., Karkzmarski, L., Laidre, K., O’Corry-Crowe, G., Reeves, R., Rojas-Bracho, L., Secchi, E., Slooten, E., Smith, B.D., Wang, J.Y. & Zhou, K. (2012). "Monodon monoceros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Animals
- Chordates
- Vertebrates
- Tetrapoda
- Amniota
- Synapsida
- Eupelycosauria
- Therapsida
- Theriodontia
- Cynodontia
- Mammaliaformes
- Mammalia
- Mammals
- Eutheria
- Laurasiatheria
- Cetartiodactyla
- Cetartiodactyls
- Theria
- Placentalia
- Epitheria
- Boreoeutheria
- Ferungulata
- Artiodactyla
- Cetruminatia
- Cetancodontamorpha
- Whippomorpha
- Cetacea
- Odontoceti
- Delphinoidea
- Monodontidae
- Placental mammals
- Even-toed ungulates
- Cetaceans
- Toothed whales
- Monodontids
- Monodon