Delphinidae

Tursiops truncatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Paraxonia Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Pelagiceti Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Delphinidae
Subfamiliae (3): Delphininae – Globicephalinae – Lissodelphininae
Genera incertae sedis (3): Lagenorhynchus – Leucopleurus – Orcinus

Name

Delphinidae Rafinesque, 1815

• Type genus: Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Delphinia Rafinesque, 1815 [original spelling]

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
• Bianucci, G. 2005: Arimidelphis sorbinii a new small killer whale-like dolphin from the Pliocene of Marecchia River (central eastern Italy) and a phylogenetic analysis of the Orcininae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia, 111: 329–344.
• Delphinidae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• 180415 Delphinidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Links

• NZOR (demonstration website)

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Dolfyne
• dansk: Delfiner
• English: Oceanic dolphins
• español: Delfines
• suomi: Delfiinit
• galego: Delfínidos
• magyar: Delfinfélék
• Bahasa Indonesia: Lumba-lumba
• 日本語: マイルカ科
• Nederlands: Zeedolfijnen
• português: Golfinhos
• ไทย: โลมาทะเล, โลมามหาสมุทร
• Türkçe: Yunusgiller
• 中文: 海豚科

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