Cetacea

Eschrichtius robustus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cetacea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea

‎Classis: Mammalia
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Cetaceamorpha
Infraordo: Cetacea
Cladi: Neoceti – †"Archaeoceti"

Conspectus familiarum

†Aetiocetidae – †Eomysticetidae –...

Name

Cetacea Brisson, 1762

References

Primary references

• Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Costa, A.F., Siciliano, S., Emin-Lima, R., Martins, B.M.L., Sousa, M.E.M., Giarrizzo, T. & Silva Júnior, J.S. 2017. Stranding survey as a framework to investigate rare cetacean records of the north and north-eastern Brazilian coasts. ZooKeys 688: 111—134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.688.12636. Reference page. 
• Geisler, J.H., McGowen, M.R., Yang, G. & Gatesy, J. 2011. A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 112. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-112 Reference page. 
• Hernández-Orts, J.S., Paso Viola, M.N., Garcia, N.A., Crespo, E.A., González, R., García-Varela, M. & Kuchta, R. 2015: A checklist of the helminth parasites of marine mammals from Argentina. Zootaxa 3936(3): 301–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.1. Reference page. 
• Luque, J.L. et al. (2010). Checklist of helminth parasites of cetaceans from Brazil. Zootaxa 2548: 57–68. Preview
• Messenger, S.L. & McGuire, J.A. 1998: Morphology, molecules, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans. Systematic Biology, 47: 90–124. PDF

Links

• Cetacea in the World Cetacea Database
• Cetacea in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• NZOR (demonstration website)

Vernacular names

العربية: حيتانيات
беларуская: Кітападобныя
български: Китоподобни
čeština: Kytovci
словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ: Китъ
Cymraeg: Morfil
dansk: Hvaler
Deutsch: Wale
English: Cetaceans
español: Cetáceos
suomi: Valaat
français: Cétacé
עברית: לווייתנאים
hrvatski: Kitovi
magyar: Cetek
interlingua: Cetaceo
italiano: Cetacei
日本語: クジラ目
ქართული: ვეშაპისნაირნი
한국어: 고래
Limburgs: Walvèsachtege
Bahasa Melayu: Ikan paus
Nederlands: Walvisachtigen
norsk nynorsk: Kvalar
norsk: Hvaler
polski: Walenie
português: Cetáceo
русский: Китообразные
српски / srpski: Плави кит
svenska: Valar
ไทย: อันดับวาฬและโลมา
Türkçe: Balinalar
українська: Китоподібні
中文: 鯨目

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