CETACEA, Brisson, 1762

James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 349-364 : 349

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7154846
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scientific name	CETACEA
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ORDER CETACEA View in CoL

COMMENTS: The definition of oceanic water masses follows Briggs (1974). Includes as suborders Mysticeti ( Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Eschrichtiidae, and Neobalaenidae) and Odontoceti ( Delphinidae, Monodontidae, Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Platanistidae, and Ziphiidae).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea

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