Mysticeti

Translingual

kinds of baleen whales (Mysticeti)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Mysticeti

A taxonomic suborder within the order Cetacea – the baleen whales.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Balaenidae (right whales), Balaenopteridae (rorquals), Eschrichtiidae (gray whales), Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whales) - family

References

Mysticeti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mysticeti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mysticeti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Mysticeti at World Register of Marine Species
Mysticeti in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Mysticeti on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Mysticeti at the Tree of Life Web Project
Mysticeti at Encyclopedia of Life
Mysticeti at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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