Monodontidae

Monodontidae

Beluga <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>

<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Mammalia <tr><td>Order:<td>Cetacea <tr><td>Family:<td>Monodontidae </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Genera <tr><td> see text </table> 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
    - Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas
    - Narwhal, Monodon monoceros
  - Family Physeteridae: Sperm Whale
  - Family Kogiidae: Pygmy Sperm Whale and Dwarf Sperm Whale
  - Family Ziphiidae: beaked whales

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