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.