Monodon is a genus of toothed whales containing a single living species, the narwhal, the other living member of the family Monodontidae alongside the beluga. Narwhals are stocky cetaceans with a blunt snout, a large melon and a shallow ridge in place of a dorsal fin, and males possess a long spiralled tusk, a protruding left canine that can reach 1.5 to 3.0 meters. The genus inhabits Arctic waters of Canada, Greenland and Russia, including the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Hudson Bay and Baffin Bay, and jointed neck vertebrae give it more flexibility than most whales.
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, found in there.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ18510798, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Narwhal
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source Wikidata: Narwhal
WikidataWikidata Q159426, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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