Monodontidae Gray 1821
- Dataset
- Monodontidae
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Monodontidae
conservation
No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.
diagnosis
• Medium-sized toothed whales, with blunt heads, fusiform bodies narrowing toward tails, short beaks, mouths curving upward toward eyes, and no dorsal fins; rostrums have globe-like melons containing fatty tissue used in echolocation.
distribution
Arctic and subarctic regions. Circumpolar, mainly Arctic andsubarctic seas.
synonymic_list
2 genera, 2 species, 2 taxa.
Name
- Homonyms
- Monodontidae Gray 1821
- Monodontidae
- Common names
- NARWHAL AND BELUGA in English