Back Narwal Afrikaans Monodon monoceros AN Nēohwæl ANG كركدن البحر Arabic حريش البحر ARZ Vwardol (Monodon monoceros) AVK Narval Azerbaijani Нарвал Byelorussian Нарвал BE-X-OLD Нарвал Bulgarian
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| Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
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The narwhal or narwhale (Monodon monoceros) is a rarely seen Arctic whale.[1] This social whale is known as the "unicorn of the sea" because the male has a very long tusk. Very little is known about this whale. Narwhal means "corpse whale" in Old Norse.[2]
- ↑ "Narwhale.org - Tusk Discoveries". Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ↑ Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. and K. L. Laidre (2006). Greenland's Winter Whales: The beluga, the narwhal and the bowhead whale. Ilinniusiorfik Undervisningsmiddelforlag, Nuuk, Greenland. ISBN 978-87-7975-299-3.