Odontoceti
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “sea monster”).
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): Delphinida, Eurhinodelphinida (extinct), Physeterida, Platanistida (infraorders)
- Delphinoidea, Inioidea, Lipotoidea, Physeteroidea, Platanistoidea, Ziphioidea (superfamilies)
- Delphinidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae, Monodontidae, Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Pontoporiidae, Platanistidae, Ziphidae (families)
References
- Odontoceti at World Register of Marine Species
- Odontoceti in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Odontoceti on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Odontoceti at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Odontoceti at Encyclopedia of Life
- Odontoceti at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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