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Summer and fall movements of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from northeastern Baffin Island towards northern Davis Strait.
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In the eastern Arctic less progress has been made toward co-management for narwhal (Monodon monoceros) partly because of a failure to involve fully the Inuit hunters [17].
Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North 2009
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Beluga Delphinapterus leucas (VU) and narwal Monodon monoceros visit Disko Bugt in autumn and winter.
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-- Also on marine mammals, the distinct monodontids Delphinapterus and Monodon have hybridised in the wild, as have the delphinids Tursiops and Grampus.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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It shares with the southern parks abundant marine life: Kamchatka crab Paralithodes camtschatica, sea otter (900 animals), sea lion Eumetopias jubatus (EN, 800 breeding animals), Kuril seal Phoca vitulina stejnegeri (500), spotted P. largha and ringed seals P. hispida ochotensis, Risso's dolphin grampus griseus, narwhal Monodon monoceros and walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens.
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Ocean, the two most interesting of which are the gigantic sperm whales (_Physeter macrocephalus_), and the curious narwhal or sea unicorn (_Monodon monoceros_).
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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③ Monodon monoceros: The narwhal is a medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic.
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The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a toothed whale closely related to the all-white beluga.
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Whattan, W.B. Note on a female Narwhal, Monodon monoceros, from the North Seas xiii.
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Monodon monoceras), and polar bear (Ursus maritimus
Green Options 2009
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