Marine mammal names in Norwegian: Difference between revisions

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*[[Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)|Kvalross]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)|Kvalross]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)|Kvitkval]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)|Kvitkval]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)|Kvitnos]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)|Kvitnos]]
*[[Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)|Kvitskjeving)]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)|Kvitskjeving)]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Trichechus manatus (Linnaeus, 1758)|Lamantin]]
*[[Trichechus manatus (Linnaeus, 1758)|Lamantin]]

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Norwegian has two distinctly different written languages: bokmål and nynorsk. In many cases, the species mentioned in the lexicon are called the same in both languages, if this is not the case, the species name is followed by "(bm)" for bokmål or "(nn)" for nynorsk.