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The following is a list of currently existing (or, in the jargon of taxonomy) 'extant' species of the infraorder cetacea (for extinct cetacean species, see the list of extinct cetaceans). The list is organized taxonomically into parvorders, superfamilies when applicable, families, subfamilies when applicable, genus, and then species.
Cetacea (/ s ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ ə /; from Latin cetus 'whale', from Ancient Greek κῆτος 'huge fish, sea monster') [3] is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Cetaceans (or Cetacea, from the ancient Greek κῆτος, meaning 'sea monster') form an infra-order of marine mammals. In 2020, approximately 86 species of cetaceans had been identified worldwide. [1] Among these species, at least 35 have been sighted in the wider Caribbean region with very widespread distribution and density variations ...
Cetacea (/ s ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ ə /; from Latin cetus 'whale', from Ancient Greek κῆτος 'huge fish, sea monster') is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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Cetaceans, from their scientific name Cetacea (from ancient Greek κῆτος / kêtos, "cetacean"), form an infra-order of aquatic mammals, classified in the order Artiodactyla, where their closest cousins are the hippopotamuses: like all mammals, they breathe air and nurse their young, despite their exclusive adaptation to the marine ...
Archaeoceti is an extinct parvorder of Cetacea containing ancient whales. The traditional hypothesis of cetacean evolution, first proposed by Van Valen in 1966, [ 9 ] was that whales were related to the mesonychians , an extinct order of carnivorous ungulates (hoofed animals) that resembled wolves with hooves and were a sister group of the ...
This category contains articles about Cetacea, including whales, dolphins and porpoises. Subcategories. This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 ...