Marine mammal names in Norwegian: Difference between revisions

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*[[Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)|Spermhval]] {{(bm)}}
*[[Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)|Spermhval]] {{(bm)}}
*[[Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)|Spisshval]] {{(bm)}}/ [[Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)|Spisskval]] {{(nn)}}
*[[Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)|Spisshval]] {{(bm)}}/ [[Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)|Spisskval]] {{(nn)}}
*Springer: can refer to [[Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)|''Lagenorhynchus albirostris'']] or [[Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)|''Lagenorhynchus acutus'']]
*[[Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)|Steinkobbe]]
*[[Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)|Steinkobbe]]
*[[Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777)|Storkobbe]]
*[[Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777)|Storkobbe]]

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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.