Delphinoidea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
Clade: | Delphinida |
Superfamily: | Delphinoidea Flower, 1865 |
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Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales, including 66 genera in 6 families. The largest living member of the superfamily is the orca, which can reach 6 tons, while the smallest is the vaquita.
“The Delphinoidea has a diverse taxonomy, with over 35 mammalian taxa. This includes the species of genus Odobenocetops and Odobenus rosmarus [2] . While also having two types of genus, they also have individual genomes with about 9 species across the three main families of the Delphinoidea. The three main families of the whale are the Delphinidae, Monodontidae and Phocoenidae. [3] ”
Based on McGowen et al., 2019 [4]
Superfamily Delphinoidea