Order Cete Linnaeus 1758 (placental)

Mammalia - Cete

Alternative spelling: Cetae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Cetungulata according to J. D. Archibald 1998

See also Bonaparte 1850, Gill 1872, Gray 1825, Gray 1850, Gray 1863, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Illiger 1811, Linnaeus 1758 and McKenna 1975

Sister taxon: Taxeopoda

Subtaxa: Pagiodon

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cete in the database

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