narwhal

medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic
Taxon taxon Q159426
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narwhal

Summary

narwhal is a taxon[1]. narwhal ranks in the top 0.03% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70,886 views/month, #58 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • narwhal's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • narwhal is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • narwhal's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • narwhal belongs to the parent taxon Monodon[6].
  • narwhal's scientific name is Monodon monoceros[7].
  • narwhal's Commons category is recorded as Monodon monoceros[8].
  • narwhal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Monodon monoceros[9].
  • narwhal's Commons gallery is recorded as Monodon monoceros[10].
  • narwhal's main food source is recorded as Boreogadus saida[11].
  • narwhal's depicted by is recorded as Narwhal ivory in the Museo Correr[12].
  • narwhal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • narwhal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • narwhal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • narwhal's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • narwhal's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • narwhal's taxon synonym is recorded as Narwalus vulgaris[18].
  • narwhal's taxon synonym is recorded as Narwalus microcephalus[19].
  • narwhal's taxon synonym is recorded as Narwalus andersonianus[20].
  • narwhal's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[21].
  • narwhal's this taxon is source of is recorded as narwhal tusk[22].
  • narwhal's short name is recorded as M. monoceros[23].
  • narwhal is commonly known as Narwhal[24].
  • narwhal is commonly known as Nēohwæl[25].
  • narwhal is commonly known as الحوت المرقط[26].
  • narwhal is commonly known as Narval[27].

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Classification

narwhal's scientific name is Monodon monoceros[7]. narwhal is classified at the rank of species[4]. narwhal is classified within Monodon[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Narwhal[24], Nēohwæl[25], الحوت المرقط[26], Narval[27], Нарвал[28], and Narwal[29].

Identifiers

narwhal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40151[30]. narwhal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559339[31]. narwhal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220008[32]. narwhal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180485[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for narwhal include USS Narwhal[34], a nuclear submarine[35], in United States[36]; Russian Narval-class submarine[37], a submarine class[38]; and HMS Spur[39], an attack submarine[40].

Why It Matters

narwhal ranks in the top 0.03% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70,886 views/month, #58 of 195,241).[2] narwhal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] narwhal is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for narwhal include USS Narwhal[34], a nuclear submarine[35], in United States[36]; Russian Narval-class submarine[37], a submarine class[38]; and HMS Spur[39], an attack submarine[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · ~2026-51864-65 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Vulnerable
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P141]]: [[Q278113]]"
  2. 4w ago · Pharos · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → narwhal tusk
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1672]]: [[Q107389603]]"
  3. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02075145-n
    Interlingual index id → i46295
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  4. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → narwhal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: narwhal, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955685|narwhal (#289955685)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  5. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Narwhal, Nēohwæl, الحوت المرقط +56
    Biblissima authority id → Chiron
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292959, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  6. 17w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q120446]]"
  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 외뿔고래
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558251405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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