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Porpoises

Phocoenidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Phocoenidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Phocoenidae
Family 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 LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, Biopix Nature Photos, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Phocoenidae
Recognized by AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, IABIN, Algeria Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Denmark Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Peru Species List, Russia Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Uruguay Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Mexico Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, English Channel Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Irish Sea Species List, Kara Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, OBIS environmental data records, and United States Species List
Phocoenidae Gray 1825
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

? aenigmaticus Pilleri & Siber, 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? stocktoni Wilson, 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Phocoenidae
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, Conabio, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, GBIF national node type records UK, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Flickr BHL, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, Anderson and Wiens 2017, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Phocoenidae Gray 1825
Authority according to NCBI

Common Names

English

porpoises preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Animal Diversity Web, and World Register of Marine Species
Porpoises
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Marsuini preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

خنازير بحرية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Ծովային խոզեր preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Dəniz donuzları preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Марскія свінні preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Марскія сьвіньні
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Breton

Morhoc'h preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

морски свине preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

marsopa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

鼠海豚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chuvash

Тинӗс сыснисем preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cornish

Morhogh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Pliskavice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

sviňuchovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Marsvin-familien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

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

Esperanto

Focenedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Pringellased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Pyöriäiset preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

French

marsouin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Focénidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Schweinswale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

פוקניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

disznódelfinfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ido

Marsuino preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

muc mhara preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ネズミイルカ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, World Register of Marine Species, and admin

Kabyle

Aferrun preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

쇠돌고래과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lao

ເດິນຟິນໜູ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

cūkdelfīnu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingua Franca Nova

Fosena preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Jūrų kiaulės preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

морски свињи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Lumba-Lumba preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

പോർപോയിസ് preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Marathi

शिंशुक preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Tééh hóyáanii preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Swinswaalen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

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

Persian

گرازماهی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

morświnowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

porpoise preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Marsuini preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

морские свиньи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Samoan

Mumua preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scots

Dunter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scottish Gaelic

Peileag preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Pliskavice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Pliskavice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Tumlare preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
tumlare
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Tamil

கடற்பன்றி preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

พอร์พอยส์ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Musurgiller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Фоценові preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

Porpoise preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
gepenoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Cá heo chuột preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Llamhidydd preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

鼠海豚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

خنازير بحريه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

鼠海豚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

鼠海豚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

鼠海豚科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Phocoenidae

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
Odontoceti
Phocoenidae (this page)
Neophocaena Palmer 1899
Phocoena G. Cuvier 1816
Phocoenoides Andrews 1911
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Ashleycetidae
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eoplatanistidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Odobenocetopsidae
Patriocetidae
Physeteridae Gray 1821
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Simocetidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
unclassified Odontoceti
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Ziphiidae

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Phocoenidae Gray 1825 (this page)
Neophocaena Palmer 1899
Phocoena G. Cuvier 1816
Phocoenoides Andrews 1911
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Hyperoodontidae Gray 1846
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae Zhou, Qian & Li 1978
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Physeteridae Gray 1821
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

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
Odontoceti
Phocoenidae (this page)
Neophocaena Palmer 1899
Phocoena G. Cuvier 1816
Phocoenoides Andrews 1911
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Ashleycetidae
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eoplatanistidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Odobenocetopsidae
Patriocetidae
Physeteridae Gray 1821
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Simocetidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
unclassified Odontoceti
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Ziphiidae

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
Odontoceti
Phocoenidae (this page)
Neophocaena
Phocoena
Phocoenoides
Acrodelphinidae
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Ashleycetidae
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae
Eoplatanistidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Iniidae
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae
Lipotidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae
Odobenocetopsidae
Patriocetidae
Physeteridae
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Simocetidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
unclassified Odontoceti
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Ziphiidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Phocoenidae (this page)
Archaeophocaena Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Hirano 2012
Australithax de Muizon 1988
Haborophocoena Ichishima & Kimura 2005
Lomacetus de Muizon 1986
Miophocaena Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Hirano 2012
Neophocaena Palmer 1899
Numataphocoena Ichishima & Kimura 2000
Phocoena G. Cuvier 1816
Phocoenoides Andrews 1911
Piscolithax de Muizon 1983
Pterophocaena Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Hirano 2012
Salumiphocaena Barnes 1985
Semirostrum Racicot, Deméré, Beatty & Boessenecker 2014
Septemtriocetus Lambert 2008
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
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

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
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Phocoenidae Gray 1825 (this page)
Neophocaena Palmer 1899
Phocoena G. Cuvier 1816
Phocoenoides Andrews 1911
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Hyperoodontidae Gray 1846
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae Zhou, Qian & Li 1978
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Physeteridae Gray 1821
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Phocoenidae (this page)
Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (Pilleri & Gihr 1972)
Neophocaena asiaeorientalis subsp. asiaeorientalis (Pilleri & Gihr 1972)
Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier 1829)
Phocoena dioptrica (Lahille 1912)
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)
Phocoena phocoena Baltic Sea subpopulation (Linnaeus 1758)
Phocoena phocoena subsp. relicta Abel 1905
Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland 1958
Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister 1865
Phocoenoides dalli (True 1885)
Antilocapridae
Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Delphinidae
Eschrichtiidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Iniidae
Kogiidae
Lipotidae
Monodontidae
Moschidae
Neobalaenidae
Physeteridae
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Ziphiidae

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
Odontoceti
Phocoenidae (this page)
Neophocaena
Phocoena
Phocoenoides
Delphinidae
Iniidae
Lipotidae
Monodontidae
Physeteridae
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Ziphiidae

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
Odontoceti
Delphinida
Delphinoidea
Phocoenidae (this page)
Acanthodelphis
Miophocaena
Neophocaena
Phocoena
Phocoenoides
Pterophocaena
Albireonidae
Delphinidae
Grampidelphidae
Inticetidae
Kentriodontidae
Monodontidae
Odobenocetopsidae
Stenidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Phocoenidae (this page)
Balaenidae
Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Cetacea Brisson 1762
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
Physeteridae
Physeteridae
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870
Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae Gray 1850
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