Cetacea Brisson 1762

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 723

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329535

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/108EE7C8-8D6E-E570-C5E8-C83B84FC0A7C

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scientific name

Cetacea Brisson 1762
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Cetacea Brisson 1762 View in CoL

Families: 11 families with 40 genera and 84 species in 2 suborders:

Suborder MYSTICETI Flower 1864

Family Balaenidae Gray 1821 (2 genera with 4 species)

Family Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 (2 genera with 7 species and 8 subspecies)

Family Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951 (1 genus with 1 species)

Family Neobalaenidae Gray 1873 (1 genus with 1 species)

Suborder ODONTOCETI Flower 1867

Family Delphinidae Gray 1821 (17 genera with 34 species and 16 subspecies)

Family Monodontidae Gray 1821 (2 genera with 2 species)

Family Phocoenidae Gray 1825 (3 genera with 6 species and 8 subspecies)

Family Physeteridae Gray 1821 (2 genera with 3 species)

Family Platanistidae Gray 1846 (1 genus with 2 species)

Family Iniidae Gray 1846 (3 genera with 3 species and 3 subspecies)

Family Ziphiidae Gray 1865 (6 genera with 21 species)

Discussion: The definition of oceanic water masses follows Briggs (1974). Includes as suborders Mysticeti ( Balaenidae , Balaenopteridae , Eschrichtiidae , and Neobalaenidae ) and Odontoceti ( Delphinidae , Monodontidae , Phocoenidae , Physeteridae , Platanistidae , Iniidae and Ziphiidae ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

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