Monodontidae Gray 1821

Family Monodontidae REVIEWED BY: T. Kasuya (TK); J. G. Mead (JGM); D. W. Rice (DWR); O. L. Rossolimo (OLR) (U.S.S.R.). COMMENT: Some authors include Orcaella in this family; see Kasuya, 1973, Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 25:1 -103; and Barnes, 1976, Syst. Zool., 23:321-343; but see also Rice, 1977. Monodontidae has been considered as a subfamily of Delphinidae; but see also Rice, 1977. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea. ISIS NUMBER: 5301411003000000000.Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 298, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735298