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Hace 1 día · Taxonomy. The narwhal was scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 Systema Naturae. One of the earliest illustrations of the species is a 1555 drawing by Olaus Magnus depicting a fish-like creature with a horn on its forehead; Magnus later called it "Monocerote". The word "narwhal" comes from the Old Norse nárhval, meaning 'corpse whale', which possibly refers to the animal's ...