Cetacea
Classis : Mammalia
Infraclassis : Eutheria
Superordo : Laurasiatheria
Ordo : Artiodactyla
Subordo : Whippomorpha
Infraordo : Cetacea
Brisson, 1762
Infraclassis : Eutheria
Superordo : Laurasiatheria
Ordo : Artiodactyla
Subordo : Whippomorpha
Infraordo : Cetacea
Brisson, 1762
Subdivisiones: parvordines
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.

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.
TaxinomiaRecensere
- Subordo Mysticeti
- Familia Balaenidae
- Familia Balaenopteridae
- Subfamilia Megapterinae
- † Genus Eobalaenoptera
- Familia Eschrichtiidae
- Familia Neobalaenidae
- Genus Caperea
- Subordo Odontoceti
- Superfamilia Platanistoidea
- Familia Iniidae
- Genus Inia
- Familia Lipotidae
- Genus Lipotes
- Familia Platanistidae
- Familia Pontoporiidae
- Familia Iniidae
- Familia Monodontidae
- Genus Monodon
- Genus Delphinapterus
- Familia Phocoenidae
- Familia Physeteridae
- Familia Kogiidae
- Genus Kogia
- Familia Ziphidae
- Genus Ziphius
- Genus Berardius
- Genus Tasmacetus
- Subfamilia Hyperoodontidae
- Genus Indopacetus
- Genus Hyperoodon
- Genus Mesoplodon
- Familia Delphinidae
- Genus Cephalorhynchus
- Genus Steno
- Genus Sousa
- Genus Sotalia
- Genus Tursiops
- Genus Stenella
- Genus Delphinus
- Genus Lagenodelphis
- Genus Lagenorhynchus
- Genus Lissodelphis
- Genus Grampus
- Genus Peponocephala
- Genus Feresa
- Genus Pseudorca
- Genus Orcinus
- Genus Globicephala
- Genus Orcaella
- Superfamilia Platanistoidea
Nexus interni
NotaeRecensere
BibliographiaRecensere
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- 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.
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Nexus externiRecensere
Situs scientifici: • ITIS • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • WoRMS: Marine Species • Fossilworks |
Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Cetacea spectant. |
Vide "Cetacea" apud Vicispecies. |