MONODONTIDAE

The cetacean family 'Monodontidae' comprises two unusual whale species, the Narwhal, in which the male has a long tusk, and the white Beluga.

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Taxonomy

Taxonomy

★ 'ORDER Cetacea'

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★ Suborder Mysticeti

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★ Family Eschrichtiidae: Gray Whale

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★ Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals

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★ Family Balaenidae right whales

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★ Family Neobalaenidae: Pygmy Right Whale

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★ 'Suborder Odontoceti'

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★ Superfamily Platanistoidea: river dolphins

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★ Family Delphinidae: oceanic dolphins

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★ Family Phocoenidae: porpoises

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★ Family 'Monodontidae'

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★ Beluga, '' Delphinapterus leucas''

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★ Narwhal, ''Monodon monoceros''

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★ Family Physeteridae: Sperm Whale

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★ Family Kogiidae: Pygmy Sperm Whale and Dwarf Sperm Whale

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★ Family Ziphiidae: beaked whales