Monodontidae
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The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two unusual whale species, the Narwhal, in which the male has a long tusk, and the white Beluga.
Taxonomy
- ORDER Cetacea
- Suborder Mysticeti
- Family Eschrichtiidae: Gray Whale
- Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals
- Family Balaenidae right whales
- Family Neobalaenidae: Pygmy Right Whale
- Suborder Odontoceti
- Family Platanistoidae: river dolphins
- Family Delphinidae: oceanic dolphins
- Family Phocoenidae: porpoises
- Family Monodontidae
- Family Physeteridae: Sperm Whale
- Family Kogiidae: Pygmy Sperm Whale and Dwarf Sperm Whale
- Family Ziphiidae: beaked whales
- Suborder Mysticeti