Infraorder

Cetacea (Cetaceans)

Physeter macrocephalus. Photo: (c) Wayne and Pam Osborn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cetacea (/sɪˈteɪʃə/) are a widely distributed and diverse clade of aquatic mammals that today consists of the whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetaceans are carnivorous and finned. Most species live in the sea, some in rivers. The name is derived from the Latin cetus “whale” and Greek ketos “huge fish”.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)
        Suborder: Whippomorpha (Cetaceans and hippopotamuses)
        Infraorder: Cetacea (Cetaceans)
        Parvorder: Mysticeti (Baleen whales) (3)
        Parvorder: Odontoceti (Toothed whales) (6)

Subtaxa

Parvorder: Mysticeti (Baleen whales)

Parvorder: Odontoceti (Toothed whales)

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