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.
[edit] Taxonomy
- ORDER Cetacea
- Suborder Mysticeti
- Family Eschrichtiidae: Gray Whale
- Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals
- Family Balaenidae right whales
- Family Neobalaenidae: Pygmy Right Whale
- Suborder Odontoceti
- Family Platanistoidea: 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
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| Suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales) |
Eschrichtiidae (gray whales) · Balaenopteridae (rorquals) · Balaenidae (right whales) · Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whales) |  |
| Suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales) |
Platanistoidea (river dolphins) · Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) · Phocoenidae (porpoises) · Monodontidae (beluga and narwhal) · Physeteridae (sperm whales) · Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales) · Ziphiidae (beaked whales) | |
