Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea

Odontoceti Flower, 1867

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Delphinidae Gray, 1821
Kogiidae Gill, 1871
Monodontidae Gray, 1821
Phocoenidae
Physeteridae
Ziphiidae Gray, 1850

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: tandwalvissen sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.
 English: toothed whales
 Japanese: ハクジラ亜目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Norwegian Bokmål: tannhvaler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: tannkvalar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: tandvalar

Literature

basis of record

Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Odontoceti Flower, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148723

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2009-03-09 by William Perrin

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