Cetacea (a Graeco κῆτος 'cetus', 'quilibet magnus piscis', vel etiam 'monstrum marinum') sunt infraordo qui varia mammalia marina late appellata mysticetos, delphinidas, et phocoenidas comprehendit.


Classis : Mammalia 
Infraclassis : Eutheria 
Superordo : Laurasiatheria 
Ordo : Artiodactyla 
Subordo : Whippomorpha 
Infraordo : Cetacea 
Brisson, 1762
   
Palaeontologia
55–0 m.a.Eocaenum > Recens
Subdivisiones: parvordines
Mysticeti

Odontoceti
Archaeoceti

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Delphinum ad superficiem maris in Freto Calpis
Magnitudines cetaceorum. 1, Euballena (genus); 2, Orca; 3, Balaena mysticetus; 4, Physeter macrocephalus; 5, Monodon monoceros; 6, Balaenoptera musculus; 7, Balaenoptera physalus; 8, Delphinapterus leucas.

In mythologia Graeca, monstrum a Perseo victum appellatur Ceto, a constellatione Ceto significatum.

Cetologia est ramus bilogiae marinae qui studium cetaceorum efficit.

Taxinomia

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Nexus interni


Bibliographia

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  • Cahill, T. 2003. Dolphins. National Geographic. Vasingtoniae. ISBN 0-7922-3372-7.
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  • Mann, J., R. C. Connor, P. L Tyack, et H. Whitehead, eds. 2000. Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales. Sicagi: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-50340-2.
  • Martin, T. 2003. Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises. World Life Library. Grantown-on-Spey: Colin Baxter Photography. ISBN 1-84107-173-0.
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  • Niethammer, J., et F. Krapp, eds. 1994. Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas. Vol. 6. Meeressäuger. Sectio 1B: Wale und Delphine 1. AULA, Wiesbaden. ISBN 389104559X.
  • Nowak, R. M. 2003. Walker's Marine Mammals of the World. Baltimorae: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7343-6.
  • Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy. 2007. "Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-like Ancestors." ScienceDaily, 21 Decembris.
  • Reeves, R. R., B. S. Stewart, P. J. Clapham, J. A. Powell. 2002. Sea Mammals of the World: A complete Guide to Whales, Dolphins, Seals, Sea Lions and Sea Cows. Londinii: A&C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6334-0.
  • Rice, Dale W. 1998. "Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution." Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
  • Scholander. 1940.
  • Soury, Gérard. 1997. Das große Buch der Delfine. Bielefeld: Deliuzs Klasing. ISBN 3-7688-1063-1.
  • University Of Michigan. 2001. "New Fossils Suggest Whales And Hippos Are Close Kin." ScienceDaily, 20 Septembris.
  • Williams, Heathcote. 1988. Whale Nation. Novi Eboraci: Harmony Books. ISBN 0517569329.
  • Wilson, B. 2002. Dolphins. World Life Library. Grantown-on-Spey: Colin Baxter Photography. ISBN 1-84107-163-3.
  • Würtz, M., N. Repetto. 2003. Underwater World: Dolphins and Whales. White Star Guides, Vercelli. ISBN 88-8095-943-3.

Nexus externi

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  Situs scientifici:  • ITIS • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • WoRMS: Marine Species • Fossilworks
  Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Cetacea spectant.
  Vide "Cetacea" apud Vicispecies.