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Cetacea

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
ORDER

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
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

  1. 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.
  2. McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
  3. 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.
  4. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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