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Cetaceadolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Mammalia mammals
- Order Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
Related Taxa
- Family Balaenidae bowhead whales and right whales
- Family Balaenopteridae rorquals
- Family Delphinidae dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives
- Family Eschrichtiidae gray whale
- Species Inia geoffrensis Amazon river dolphin
- Species Lipotes vexillifer baiji
- Family Monodontidae beluga and narwhal
- Family Neobalaenidae pygmy right whale
- Family Phocoenidae porpoises
- Family Physeteridae sperm whales
- Family Platanistidae Indian river dolphins
- Species Pontoporia blainvillei franciscana
- Family Ziphiidae beaked whales
To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2024. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org.
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