hunting continues to this day.

Taxonomy

The narwhal was scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 publication ''Systema Naturae''. The word "narwhal" comes from the Old Norse nárhval, meaning 'corpse-whale', which possibly refers to the animal's grey, mottled skin and its habit of remaining motionless when at the water's surface, a behaviour known as "logging" that usually happens

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