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Whales And Dolphins

Cetacea

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cetacea
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Cetacea
Infraorder recognized by NCBI, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), and wikipedia BR
Cetacea
Order recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia HSB, wikipedia GA, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia MIN, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, Anguilla Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Cetacea
Recognized by CalPhotos, Egypt Species List, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, INBio, IABIN, Ecomare, Algeria Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Cambodia Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, Falkland Islands Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Honduras Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mauritius Species List, Moldova Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nigeria Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Saint Pierre et Miquelon Species List, San Marino Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Taiwan Species List, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tonga Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Uruguay Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Baffin Bay Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kara Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Northwestern Passages Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Marmara Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, Fish 2000, Land and Fernald 1992, Flickr BHL, and Appeltans et al
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Infraorder recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Order recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Zeuglodon brachyspondylum Abel 1914
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Agriocetus Abel 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Albicetus Boersma & Pyenson 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anarnacus Duméril 1806
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anarnak Lacépède 1804
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ancylodon Illiger 1811
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anglocetus Tarlo 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Apenophyseter Cabrera 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Australosqualodon
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Awamokoa Tanaka & Fordyce 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Brabocetus Colpaert, Bosselaers & Lambert 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cetacea
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, EOL authors, Animal Diversity Web, Conabio, Conabio, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Anguilla Species List, Bahrain Species List, Mozambique Species List, GBIF nat'l node type records Netherlands, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Cetotheriomorphis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cetotheriophanes Spasski 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chilcacetus Lambert, de Muizon & Bianucci 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Colophonodon Leidy 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinapteridae
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification and GBIF classification
Delphinorhynchidae
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinorhynchus de Blainville 1817
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dilophodelphis Boersma, Mc Curry & Pyenson 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dinoziphius Beneden 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dipterocetus Gloger 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eucetotherium Spasski 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Haplocetus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Horopeta Tsai & Fordyce 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hypocetus Lydekker 1894
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Ichthyoletes
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kampholophus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Loncodelphis Allen 1924
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Manicetus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Medoicinia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Microsqualodon Abel 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mioceta Deraniyagala 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Miotursiops Deraniyagala 1969
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mithridatocetus Gol'din & Startsev 2016
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nanisocetus Kellogg 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Olympicetus Velez-Juarbe 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Otradnocetus Mchedlidze 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oxypterus Rafinesque 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pachycetus Beneden 1883
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parapontoparia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Periplocetus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Platydelphis Du Bus 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Platyrhynchus van Beneden 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plesiocetopsis Spasski 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pontivaga Ameghino 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Potamodelphis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prioinia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Procetus Fraas 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protobalaena Haeckel 1895
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhabodosteus Cope 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhamphocetus Gloger 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhegnopsis Cope 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhytisodon Costa 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Salumniphocaena
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sitsqwayk Peredo & Uhen 2016
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sormatodelphis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stenodon van Beneden 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tangarasaurus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tiucetus Marx, Lambert & de Muizon 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tlaxcallicetus Hernández Cisneros 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Toipahautea Tsai & Fordyce 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tretosphrys Cope 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trirhizodon Cope 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Urkudelphis Tanaka, Abella, Aguirre Fernandez, Gregori & Fordyce 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Whakakai Tsai & Fordyce 2016
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zignodelphis Pilleri 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

cetaceans
prefer
Recognized by admin
"dolphins, porpoises, and whales"
prefer
Recognized by admin
"whales, dolphins, and porpoises"
prefer
Recognized by admin
whales and dolphins preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
dolphins, porpoises, and whales preferred
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web
baleen whale
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Cetaceans
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
whales, dolphins and porpoises
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species (prefers this name)

Afrikaans

Walvisagtiges preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Balena preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Amharic

የዓሣንበሪ አስተኔ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

حيتانيات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

կետանմաններ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Assamese

তিমি preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Balinakimilər preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bashkir

Кит һымаҡтар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Zetazeo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

кітападобныя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bengali

তিমি বর্গ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Morvil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Китоподобни preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

ငါးဝန် preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

cetacis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cebuano

Balyena preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

鯨豚類 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chuvash

Кит preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cornish

Morvil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Crimean Tatar

kit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Kitovi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

kytovci preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Hvaler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Walvisachtigen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
walvissen
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Esperanto

Cetacoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Vaalalised preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Faroese

Hvalur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Valaat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Cétacé preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Cetáceos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

ვეშაპისნაირნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Wale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Κητώδη preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Haitian; Haitian Creole

Balèn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

לווייתנאים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hindi

सीटेशया preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

Cetek preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Hvalir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ido

Cetaceo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Inuktitut

ᐊᕐᕕᒃ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

míol mór preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Cetacei preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
cetacei
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

クジラ目 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Kabardian Circassian

Джейхэр preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kalmyk

Тул preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Киттәрізділер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Кит сымалдар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

고래 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

vaļveidīgie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Walvèsachtege preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingala

Mondɛ́lɛ́ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingua Franca Nova

Setaseo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Banginiai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
banginiai
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Low Saxon

Wale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Walen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

китови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Ikan paus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

സീറ്റേസി ഗോത്രം preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Maori

Ika moana preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mongolian

Халим preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nahuatl

Huēyimichin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Łóóʼtsoh dóó Tééh hóyáanii preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nepali

ह्वेल preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Waaler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Northern Sami

fállát preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Hvaler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Kvalar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
hvaler preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
kvalar
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Occitan (post 1500)

Cetacèus preferred
Recognized by admin

Old Church Slavonic

Китъ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ossetian; Ossetic

Гайхуызтæ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

آب‌بازسانان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pfaelzisch

Wale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Picard

Balin·ne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

walenie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Portuguese

Cetáceo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Punjabi

ਸੈਟੇਸ਼ੀਆ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pushto; Pashto

نهنګ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Quechua

Wallina preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Cetaceu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Китообразные preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ктообразные
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Sakha

Кииттиҥилэр аймахтара preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scots

Whaul preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scottish Gaelic

Muc-mhara preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Плави кит preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Kit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shona

Ngumi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

veľryby preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Somali

Nibiri preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Cetáceos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Kiti preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kiti
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Sundanese

Lauk Paus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Nyangumi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Valar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
valar
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Tajik

Кит preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

கடற்பாலூட்டி preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Telugu

తిమింగలము preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

อันดับวาฬและโลมา preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tibetan

ཆུ་སྲིན། preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Balinalar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
balinalar
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Ukrainian

Китоподібні preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Unspecified

Hƿæl preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Leruarua preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Wale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
válláh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
सीटेशिया preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Upper Sorbian

Wjelryby preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Urdu

حوتیہ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uzbek

Kitsimonlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vepsian

Kitanvuiččed preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Bộ Cá voi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Walloon

Balinnacîs preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Morfil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

鲸豚类 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yiddish

וואלפיש preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zhuang; Chuang

Ginghyiz preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

حيتانيات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

بالیناکیمی‌لر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bxr

Халим preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ckb

سیتەیسیا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Diq

Balina preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hak

Kîn-ǹg preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lld

Balena preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mrj

Кит ганьывлӓ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mzn

سیتاسه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nrm

Baleine preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

سیٹیشیا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pt Br

Cetáceos
prefer
Recognized by admin
cetáceos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sgs

Bongėnē preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vls

Walvissn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

鯨下目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zea

Walvisachtihen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

鲸下目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

鲸下目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

鯨下目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Cetacea

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea (this page)
Mysticeti
Odontoceti
unclassified Cetacea
Hippopotamidae
Ruminantia
Suina
Tylopoda
unclassified Cetartiodactyla

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762 (this page)
Mysticeti Flower 1864
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Afrosoricida Stanhope 1998
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Chiroptera Blumenbach 1779
Cingulata Illiger 1811
Dermoptera Illiger 1811
Erinaceomorpha Gregory 1910
Hyracoidea Huxley 1869
Lagomorpha Brandt 1855
Macroscelidea Butler 1956
Perissodactyla Owen 1848
Pholidota Weber 1904
Pilosa Flower 1883
Primates Linnaeus 1758
Proboscidea Illiger 1811
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Scandentia Wagner 1855
Sirenia Illiger 1811
Soricomorpha Gregory 1910
Tubulidentata Huxley 1872

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Cetacea (this page)
Mysticeti
Odontoceti
unclassified Cetacea
Hippopotamidae
Ruminantia
Suina
Tylopoda
unclassified Cetartiodactyla

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea (this page)
Mysticeti
Odontoceti
unclassified Cetacea
Hippopotamidae
Ruminantia
Suina
Tylopoda
unclassified Cetartiodactyla

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Cetacea (this page)
Mysticeti
Odontoceti
unclassified Cetacea
Hippopotamidae
Ruminantia
Suina
Tylopoda
unclassified Cetartiodactyla

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea (this page)
Acrodelphidae
Acrodelphinidae
Acrophyseter Lambert, Bianucci & de Muizon 2008
Aetiocetidae
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Alpherat bramblei
Ambulocetidae
Amphiptera Giglioli 1870
Ashleycetidae
Awadelphis Murakami 2016
Balaenidae
Balaenodontae
Balaenopteridae
Basilosauridae
Brujadelphis Lambert et al. 2017
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriopsidae
Coronodon Geisler et al. 2017
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae
Diorocetus Kellogg 1968
Eomysticetidae
Eoplatanistidae
Eschrichtiidae
Eudelphis de Bus 1872
Eurhinodelphidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Graamocetus Hoch 2004
Halicetus Kellogg 1969
Hapalodectidae
Hemisyntrachelidae
Herentalia Bisconti 2014
Herpetocetus van Beneden 1872
Hyperoodontidae
Hypognathodontidae
Imerocetus Mchedlidze 1964
Iniidae
Inticetidae
Isocetus Van Beneden 1880
Isthminia Pyenson et al. 2015
Janjucetidae
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae
Kurdalagonus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
Lipotidae
Livyatan Lambert, Bianucci, Post, de Muizon, Salas-Gismondi, Urbina & Reumer 2010
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Mesonychidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae
Mystacodontidae
Neobalaenidae
Neoballaenidae
Neosqualodon Dal Piaz 1904
Odobenocetopsidae
Palaeobalaena Moreno 1882
Patriocetidae
Phococetus Gervais 1876
Phocoenidae
Physeteridae
Piscocetus Pilleri & Pilleri 1989
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Protocetidae
Pterobalaenidae
Remingtonocetidae
Rhabdosteidae
Rhynchoceti
Sachalinocetus Dubrovo 1971
Saurocetus Agassiz 1848
Simocetidae
Squalodelphidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
Tiphyocetus Kellogg 1931
Titanocetus Bisconti 2006
Tranatocetidae
Triisodontidae
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Zignodelphidae
Ziphiidae
Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014
Acoelodidae
Adrastotherium Ameghino 1887
Amphidontidae
Amphilestidae
Amphitheriidae
Apatemyidae
Arctocyonidae
Arrhinolemur Ameghino 1898
Arsinoitheriidae
Astrapotheriidae
Ausktribosphenidae
Barbereniidae
Bathyleptodon Lönnberg 1937
Bondesiidae
Borhyaenidae
Brandoniidae
Buselaphus Reichenbach 1845
Cimolodontidae
Coryphodontidae
Dicrocynodontidae
Dimylidae
Diprotodontia
Docodontidae
Dormaaliidae
Dryolestidae
Eoastrapostylopidae
Eoastrapostylops Soria & Powell 1981
Eodidelphys Ameghino 1891
Epoicotheriidae
Eurymylidae
Fractinus Higgins 2003
Geolabididae
Gobisorex Sulimski 1970
Gondwanatheriidae
Haramiyidae
Holoclemensiidae
Homalodotheriidae
Hyaenodontidae
Hyopsodontidae
Interatheriidae
Isotemnidae
Jeholodens Ji, Luo & Ji 1999
Jeholodentidae
Kermackiidae
Lamprodon Wagner 1848
Lotor Geoffroy & Cuvier 1795
Lutrictis Pomel 1847
Macraucheniidae
Macroscelidea
Mesotheriidae
Micropternodontidae
Mimolagidae
Mioclaenidae
Myonax Thomas 1928
Notohippidae
Notoryctemorphia
Notostylopidae
Oldfieldthomasiidae
Olygodon Ameghino 1883
Palaeoryctidae
Pantolestidae
Paroxyclaenidae
Paulchoffatiidae
Peramuridae
Periptychidae
Phenacodontidae
Phenacolophidae
Pilosa
Plagiaulacidae
Platacodon Marsh 1889
Plesiorycteropodidae
Pleurocyon Kraglievich 1917
Potamotelses Fox 1972
Proscalopidae
Prosimia Brisson 1762
Proterotheriidae
Ptolemaiidae
Repenomamidae
Rodentia
Sahnitherium Rana & Wilson 2003
Sazlestes Nessov 1997
Simplodon Huang & Zheng 2003
Sinbadelphys Cifelli 2004
Sinobaatar Hu & Wang 2002
Sinoconodontidae
Spalacotheriidae
Sparnotheriodontidae
Stylinodontidae
Taeniolabidae
Tendagurodon Heinrich 1998
Tetrodon Ameghino 1882
Thylacosmilidae
Tinodontidae
Toxodontidae
Tricorynopus Sarjeant & Langston 1994
Trigonostylopidae
Tupaja Berthold 1827
Uintatheriidae
Woutersiidae
Zhelestidae
417 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762 (this page)
Mysticeti Flower 1864
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Afrosoricida Stanhope 1998
Artiodactyla Owen 1848
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Chiroptera Blumenbach 1779
Cingulata Illiger 1811
Dermoptera Illiger 1811
Erinaceomorpha Gregory 1910
Hyracoidea Huxley 1869
Lagomorpha Brandt 1855
Macroscelidea Butler 1956
Perissodactyla Owen 1848
Pholidota Weber 1904
Pilosa Flower 1883
Primates Linnaeus 1758
Proboscidea Illiger 1811
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Scandentia Wagner 1855
Sirenia Illiger 1811
Soricomorpha Gregory 1910
Tubulidentata Huxley 1872

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Cetacea (this page)
Mysticeti
Odontoceti
unclassified Cetacea
Ancodonta

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Cetacea (this page)
Archaeoceti
Ashorocetus
Eudelphis
Mysticeti
Neoballaenidae
Odontoceti
Orycterocetus
Pelagiceti
Willungacetus
Afrosoricida
Afrotheria
Archonta
Arctocyonia
Arctocyonidae
Asioryctitheria
Atlantogenata
Chiroptera
Cingulata
Dermoptera
Didelphodonta
Edentata
Eparctocyonia
Epitheria
Exafroplacentalia
Lagomorpha
Leptictida
Macroscelidea
Meridiungulata
Perissodactyla
Proboscidea
Prokennalestes
Scandentia
Sirenia
Ungulata
Xenarthra
Zhelestidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea Brisson 1762 (this page)
Balaenidae
Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Cetancodonta Arnason, Gullberg, Gretasdottir, Ursing & Janke 2000
Delphinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Kogiidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Monodontidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Mysticeti Flower 1864
Mysticeti incertae sedis
Neobalaenidae
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Phocoenidae
Phocoenidae
Physeteridae
Physeteridae
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870
Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae Gray 1850
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