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Cetacea
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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ORDER
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Cetacea
Name
- Synonyms
- Balaena prisca Nilsson, 1847
- Cetotherium cortesi Brandt, 1873
- Homocetus villersi (Du Bus, 1867)
- Homonyms
- Cetacea
- Common names
- Cetaceans in English
- Cetaceans in English
- Dolphins in English
- Dolphins in English
- Hvaler in Danish
- Marine Mammals in English
- Marine Mammals in English
- Porpoises in English
- Porpoises in English
- Whale in English
- Whale in English
- Whales in English
- Whales in English
- baleia in Portuguese
- baleia in Portuguese
- baleines in French
- baleines in French
- cetaceans in English
- cetaceans in English
- cetáceo in Portuguese
- cetáceo in Portuguese
- cétacés in French
- cétacés in French
- dauphins in French
- dauphins in French
- dolphins in English
- dolphins in English
- golfinho in Portuguese
- golfinho in Portuguese
- mammfères marins in French
- mammfères marins in French
- marine mammals in English
- marine mammals in English
- marsouins in French
- marsouins in French
- porpoises in English
- porpoises in English
- walvisachtigen in Dutch
- whale in English
- whale in English
- whales in English
- whales in English
- Whales & Dolphins in English
- Whales & Dolphins in English
- Whales & Dolphins in English
- Whales & Dolphins in English
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
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Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248.
10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248.
10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.