Narluga

Narluga
	Specimen at Zoological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Superfamily:	Delphinoidea
Family:	Monodontidae
Hybrid:	Delphinapterus D. leucas × Monodon M. monoceros

A narluga (portmanteau of narwhal and beluga) is a hybrid born from mating a female narwhal and a male beluga whale.^[1] Narwhals and beluga whales are both cetaceans found in the High Arctic and are the only two living members of the family Monodontidae.^[2]

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^ Brodie, Paul (1984). Macdonald, D. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File. pp. 200–203. ISBN 978-0-87196-871-5.

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[EoM-2] Brodie, Paul (1984). Macdonald, D. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mammals. New York: Facts on File. pp. 200–203. ISBN 978-0-87196-871-5.

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