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    Monodontidae - Wikipedia

    The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two living whale species, the narwhal and the beluga whale and at least four extinct species, known from the fossil record. Beluga and Narwhal are native to coastal regions and pack ice around the Arctic Ocean. Both species are relatively small whales, … See more

    The monodontids, oceanic dolphins (Delphinidae) and porpoises (Phocoenidae) together comprise the Delphinoidea superfamily. … See more

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    WebMonodontidae. beluga and narwhal. By Phil Myers. The two species of this fam­ily are found at high lat­i­tudes in the arc­tic seas and in most of the major rivers drain­ing into them, south to the Saint Lawrence River. These are …

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    Monodontidae is in the Cetacea order, which includes all whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It's part of the toothed whale suborder Odontoceti, specifically in the superfamily Delphinoidea. Monodontidae shares this category with other families like Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) and Phocoenidae (porpoises).
    In 1758, Linnaeus used the scientific name Monodon monoceros for the whale with one tooth and one horn. Together with the close relative the white whale or beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, the narwhal now forms the two-species family of Monodontidae. Newborn narwhals are evenly gray or dark-brownish gray.
    Monodontids occur only in high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, i.e., entirely north of 45°N and mostly north of 55°N. Although their total distribution can be considered circumpolar, gaps exist in areas with heavy year-round ice cover.
    The earliest fossil record of the monodontids is of an extinct beluga Denebola brachycephala from late Miocene deposits in Baja California, Mexico, indicating that this family once occupied temperate ecozones ( Barnes, 1984 ).
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  11. Monodon monoceros - Society for Marine Mammalogy