Classification of Mead and Brownell 2005

Or. Cetacea Brisson 1762 [whale]
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Subor. Mysticeti Cope 1891
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Fm. Balaenidae Gray 1821 [right whale]
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G. Balaena Linnaeus 1758 [bowhead whale]
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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 [bowhead whale]
G. Eubalaena Gray 1864 [right whale]
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Eubalaena australis Desmoulins 1822 [southern right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena antipodarum Gray 1843 [synonym], Hunterius temminckii Gray 1864 [synonym]
Eubalaena glacialis Muller 1776 [North Atlantic right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena biscayensis Eschricht 1860 [synonym], Balaena nordcaper Lacépède 1804 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Balaena sieboldii Gray 1864 [synonym]
Invalid names: Halibalaena Gray 1873 [synonym], Hunterius Flower 1864 [synonym]
Fm. Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 [rorqual]
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G. Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804 [rorqual]
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 [minke whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera davidsonii Cope 1872 [synonym], Balaenoptera rostrata Fabricius 1780 [synonym]
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister 1867
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828 [sei whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera schlegelii Gray 1864 [synonym]
Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879 [Eden's whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera brydei Olsen 1913 [synonym], Balaenoptera omurai Wada 2003 [synonym]
Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758 [blue whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera brevicauda Ichihara 1966 [synonym], Balaenoptera indica Blyth 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera intermedia Burmeister 1871 [synonym], Balaenoptera sulfureus Cope 1869 [synonym]
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 [fin whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera antiquorum Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera boops Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera patachonica Burmeister 1865 [objective synonym], Balaenoptera quoyi Fisher 1829 [synonym], Balaenoptera velifera Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym]
G. Megaptera Gray 1846 [humpback whale]
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Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 [humpback whale]
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Invalid names: Megaptera braziliensis Cope 1867 [synonym], Megaptera burmeisteri Gray 1866 [synonym], Megaptera indica Gervais 1883 [synonym], Megaptera lalandii Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera longimana Rudolphi 1832 [synonym], Megaptera longipinna Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Megaptera osphyia Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera versabilis Cope 1869 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cyphobalaena Marschall 1873 [synonym], Kyphobalaena Eschricht [synonym], Perqualus Gray 1846 [synonym], Poescopia Gray 1864 [synonym]
Fm. Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
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G. Eschrichtius Gray 1864 [gray whale]
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Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg 1861 [gray whale]
Invalid names: Cyphonotus Rafinesque 1815 [nomen nudum], Rhachianectes Trouessart 1898 [synonym]
Fm. Neobalaenidae Miller 1923 [pygmy right whale]
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G. Caperea Gray 1864
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Caperea marginata Gray 1846 [pygmy right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena (Caperea) antipodarum Gray 1864 [synonym]
Subor. Odontoceti Flower 1867 [toothed whale]
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Fm. Delphinidae Gray 1821 [dolphin]
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G. Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
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Invalid names: Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno 1892 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Phocaena albiventris Perez Canto 1893 [synonym], Phocoena obtusata Philippi 1893 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Delphinus hastatus Cuvier 1836 [synonym]
Cephalorhynchus hectori Van Beneden 1881
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Invalid names: Cephalorhynchus albifrons True 1889 [synonym], Cephalorhynchus maui Baker et al. 2002 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eutropia Gray 1862 [synonym]
G. Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 [common dolphin]
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Delphinus capensis Gray 1828 [long-beaked common dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus bairdii Dall 1873 [synonym], Delphinus major Gray 1866 [synonym], Delphinus tropicalis van Bree 1971 [synonym]
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 [short-beaked common dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus fulvofasciatus Wagner 1846 [synonym], Delphinus janira Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus pomeegra Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus ponticus Barabash 1935 [synonym], Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède 1804 [synonym]
Invalid names: Delphinus feres Bonnaterre 1789 [nomen dubium]
G. Feresa Gray 1870 [pygmy killer whale]
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Feresa attenuata Gray 1874 [pygmy killer whale]
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Invalid names: Feresa intermedia Gray 1827 [synonym], Feresa occulta Jones and Packard 1956 [synonym]
G. Globicephala Lesson 1828 [pilot whale]
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Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 [short-finned pilot whale]
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Invalid names: Globicephala brachypterus Cope 1876 [synonym], Globicephala scammonii Cope 1869 [synonym], Globicephala sieboldii Gray 1846 [synonym]
Globicephala melas Traill 1809 [long-finned pilot whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus globiceps Cuvier 1812 [synonym], Globicephala edwardii Smith 1834 [synonym], Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner 1939 [synonym], Globicephalus intermedius Gray 1827 [synonym], Globicephalus svineval Gray 1846 [synonym]
G. Grampus Gray 1828
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Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 [Risso's dolphin]
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Invalid names: Grampus rissoanus Demarest 1822 [synonym]
Invalid names: Grampidelphis Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grayius Scott 1873 [synonym]
G. Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956
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Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser 1956 [Fraser's dolphin]
G. Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
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Invalid names: Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope 1876 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus Rasch 1843 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope 1876 [synonym]
Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray 1846 [white-beaked dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus ibseni Eschricht 1846 [synonym], Delphinus pseudotursio Reichenbach 1846 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Sagmatias amblodon Cope 1866 [synonym]
Lagenorhynchus cruciger Quoy and Gaimard 1824
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Invalid names: Delphinus albigena Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [synonym]
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill 1865 [Pacific white-sided dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus longidens Cope 1866 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus ognevi Slensov 1955 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Clymenia similis Gray 1868 [synonym], Delphinus fitzroyi Waterhouse 1838 [synonym], Delphinus superciliosus Lesson and Garnot 1826 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus breviceps Jacquinot and Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Tursio panope Canto 1896 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leucopleurus Gray 1866 [synonym], Sagmatius Cope 1866 [synonym]
G. Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
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Lissodelphis peronii Lacépède 1804 [southern right whale dolphin]
Invalid names: Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg 1861 [synonym], Tursio Wagler 1830 [synonym]
G. Orcaella Gray 1866
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Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 [Irrawaddy dolphin]
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Invalid names: Orcaella fluminalis Gray 1871 [synonym]
G. Orcinus Fitzinger 1860 [killer whale]
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Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 [orca]
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Invalid names: Orca ater Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Orca capensis Gray 1846 [synonym], Orca gladiator Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Orca rectipinna Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Orcinus glacialis Berzin and Vladimirov 1983 [synonym], Orcinus nanus Mikhalev and Ivashin 1981 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gladiator Gray 1870 [synonym], Ophysia Gray 1868 [synonym], Orca Gray 1846 [replaced]
G. Peponocephala Nishiwaki and Norris 1966
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Peponocephala electra Gray 1846 [melon-headed whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus pectoralis Peale 1848 [synonym], Electra fusiformis Owen 1866 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus asia Gray 1846 [synonym]
Invalid names: Electra Gray 1866 [synonym]
G. Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862 [false killer whale]
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Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 [false killer whale]
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Invalid names: Orca (Pseudorca) meridionalis Flower 1864 [synonym], Orca destructor Cope 1866 [synonym]
G. Sotalia Gray 1866
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Sotalia fluviatilis Gervais and Deville 1853
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Invalid names: Delphinus guianensis Van Beneden 1864 [synonym], Delphinus pallida Gervais 1855 [synonym], Steno tucuxi Gray 1857 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tucuxa Gray 1866 [synonym]
G. Sousa Gray 1866
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Sousa chinensis Osbeck 1765 [Chinese white dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus plumbeus Flower 1884 [synonym], Sotalia borneensis Lydekker 1901 [synonym], Sotalia lentiginosa Owen 1866 [synonym], Sousa huangi Wang Peilie 1999 [synonym], Stenopontistes zambezicus Mirando Ribeiro 1936 [synonym]
Sousa teuszii Kukenthal 1892
G. Stenella Gray 1866
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Stenella attenuata Gray 1846 [pantropical spotted dolphin]
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Invalid names: Clymene punctata Gray 1866 [synonym], Delphinus albirostratus Peale 1848 [synonym], Delphinus malayanus Lesson 1826 [synonym], Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann 1840 [synonym], Delphinus velox Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Prodelphinus graffmani Lonnberg 1934 [synonym], Steno consimilis Malm 1871 [synonym]
Stenella clymene Gray 1850
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Invalid names: Clymene normalis Gray 1866 [synonym], Delphinus metis Gray 1846 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Delphinus asthenops Cope 1865 [synonym], Delphinus crotaphiscus Cope 1865 [synonym], Delphinus euphrosyne Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus tethyos Gervais 1853 [synonym]
Stenella frontalis Cuvier 1829
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Invalid names: Delphinus (Delphinorhynchus) pernettyi Blainville 1817 [replaced], Delphinus doris Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus froenatus Cuvier 1836 [synonym]
Invalid names: Clymene Gray 1864 [synonym], Euphrosyne Gray 1866 [synonym], Fretidelphis Iredale and Troughton 1934 [synonym], Micropia Gray 1868 [synonym], Prodelphinus Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 [synonym]
G. Steno Gray 1846
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Steno bredanensis Lesson 1828 [rough-toothed dolphin]
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Invalid names: Steno perspicillatus True 1889 [synonym]
Invalid names: Stenopontistes Miranda-Ribeiro 1936 [synonym]
G. Tursiops Gervais 1855
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Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg 1832
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Invalid names: Tursiops nuuanu Andrews 1911 [synonym]
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 [common bottlenose dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Tursiops gephyreus Lahille 1908 [synonym], Tursiops ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov 1940 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cephalorhynchinae Fraser and Purves 1960 [synonym], Globicephalidae Gray 1866 [synonym], Grampidelphidae Nishiwaki 1963 [synonym], Lissodelphinae Fraser and Purves 1960 [synonym], Orcinae Wagner 1846 [synonym], Stenidae Fraser and Purves 1960 [synonym]
Fm. Iniidae Gray 1846
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G. Inia d'Orbigny 1834
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Inia geoffrensis Blainville 1817
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Invalid names: Delphinus amazonicus Spix and Martius 1831 [synonym], Delphinus rostratus Cuvier 1812 [synonym], Inia boliviensis d'Orbigny 1834 [synonym], Sotallia pallida Sanborn 1949 [synonym]
G. Lipotes Miller 1918
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Lipotes vexillifer Miller 1918 [Chinese river dolphin]
G. Pontoporia Gray 1846
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Pontoporia blainvillei Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844
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Invalid names: Pontoporia tenuirostris Malm 1871 [synonym]
Invalid names: Stenodelphis d'Orbigny and Gervais 1847 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lipotidae Zhou et al. 1978 [synonym], Pontoporiidae Gray 1870 [synonym], Stenodelphinidae Miller 1923 [synonym]
Fm. Monodontidae Gray 1821
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G. Delphinapterus Lacépède 1804 [beluga]
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Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 [beluga whale]
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Invalid names: Beluga catodon Gray 1846 [synonym], Catodon albicans Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinapterus dorofeevi Klumov and Barabash 1935 [synonym], Delphinapterus marisalbi Ostroumov 1935 [synonym]
Invalid names: Agrocetus Gloger 1842 [synonym], Beluga Rafinesque 1815 [synonym]
G. Monodon Linnaeus 1758 [narwhal]
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 [narhwal]
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Invalid names: Ceratodon monodon Pallas 1811 [synonym], Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède 1804 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ceratodon Brisson 1762 [synonym], Diodon Storr 1780 [synonym], Narwalus Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Tachynices Brookes 1828 [synonym]
Fm. Phocoenidae Gray 1825 [porpoise]
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G. Neophocaena Palmer 1899
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Neophocaena phocaenoides Cuvier 1829 [finless porpoise]
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Invalid names: Delphinus melas Temminck 1841 [synonym], Neophocaena asiaeorientalis Pilleri and Gihr 1972 [synonym], Neophocaena sunameri Piller and Gihr 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Meomeris Gray 1847 [synonym], Neomeris Gray 1846 [synonym]
G. Phocoena Cuvier 1816
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Phocoena dioptrica Lahille 1912 [spectacled porpoise]
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Invalid names: Phocaena stornii Marelli 1922 [synonym]
Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus 1758 [harbor porpoise]
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Invalid names: Phocaena americana Allen 1869 [synonym], Phocaena communis Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Phocaena relicta Abel 1905 [synonym], Phocaena vomerina Gill 1865 [synonym]
Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958 [Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise]
Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister 1865
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Invalid names: Phocaena philippii Philippi 1893 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthodelphis Gray 1866 [synonym], Australophocoena Barnes 1985 [synonym]
G. Phocoenoides Andrews 1911
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Phocoenoides dalli True 1885 [Dall's porpoise]
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Invalid names: Phocoenoides truei Andrews 1911 [synonym]
Fm. Physeteridae Gray 1821 [sperm whale]
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G. Kogia Gray 1846
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Kogia breviceps Blainville 1838 [pygmy sperm whale]
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Invalid names: Euphysetes grayii MacLeay 1851 [synonym], Kogia floweri Gill 1871 [synonym], Kogia goodie True 1884 [synonym]
Kogia sima Owen 1866 [dwarf sperm whale]
Invalid names: Callignathus Gill 1871 [synonym], Cogia Gray 1846 [synonym], Euphysetes Wall 1851 [synonym]
G. Physeter Linnaeus 1758
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Physeter australasianus Desmoulins 1822 [synonym], Physeter australis Gray 1846 [synonym], Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Invalid names: Catodon Linnaeus 1761 [synonym], Cetus Billberg 1828 [synonym], Meganeuron Gray 1866 [synonym], Megistosaurus Godman 1827 [synonym], Physalus Lacépède 1804 [synonym]
Fm. Platanistidae Gray 1846
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G. Platanista Wagler 1830
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Platanista gangetica Leebeck 1801
Platanista minor Owen 1853
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Invalid names: Platanista indi Blyth 1859 [synonym]
Invalid names: Susu Lesson 1828 [synonym]
Invalid names: Susuidae Hershkovitz 1966 [synonym]
Fm. Ziphiidae Gray 1850 [beaked whale]
Eschrichtius robusta Lilljeborg 1861 [gray whale]
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Invalid names: Eschrichtius gibbosus Erxleben 1777 [synonym]
Balaena australis Desmoulins 1822 [southern right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena antarctica Lesson 1828 [synonym]
Tr. Ziphiina Gray 1850 [beaked whale]
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G. Berardius Duvernoy 1851
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Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy 1851 [Arnoux's beaked whale]
Berardius bairdii Stejneger 1883
G. Hyperoodon Lacépède 1804
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Hyperoodon ampullatus Forster 1770 [northern bottlenose whale]
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Invalid names: Hyperoodon butskopf Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Hyperoodon latifrons Gray 1846 [synonym], Hyperoodon rostratus Wesamel 1840 [synonym]
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882 [southern bottlenose whale]
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Invalid names: Hyperoodon burmeisterei Moreno 1888 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anodon Wagler 1830 [synonym], Chaenodelphinus Eschricht 1843 [synonym], Frasercetus Moore 1968 [synonym], Heterodon Blainville 1817 [synonym], Lagenocetus Gray 1863 [synonym], Uranodon Illiger 1811 [synonym]
G. Indopacetus Moore 1968 [tropical bottlenose whale]
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Indopacetus pacificus Longman 1926 [tropical bottlenose whale]
G. Mesoplodon Gervais 1850
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Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby 1804
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Invalid names: Aodon dalei Lesson 1828 [synonym], Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville 1817 [synonym], Mesoplodon sowerbiensis Blainville 1817 [synonym], Mesoplodon sowerbyi Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Ziphius micropterus Cuvier 1829 [synonym]
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908
Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville 1817
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Invalid names: Ziphius seychellensis Gray 1846 [synonym]
Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1852
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym]
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963 [synonym]
Mesoplodon grayi Haast 1876
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon australis Flower 1878 [synonym], Mesoplodon haasti Flower 1878 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon knoxi Hector 1873 [synonym]
Mesoplodon layardii Gray 1865 [strap-toothed whale]
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon floweri Lydekker 1887 [synonym], Mesoplodon guntheri Krefft 1871 [synonym], Mesoplodon longirostris Gray 1873 [synonym]
Mesoplodon mirus True 1913 [True's beaked whale]
Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al. 2002
Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes et al. 1991
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes et al. 1996 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aodon Lesson 1828 [synonym], Dioplodon Gervais 1850 [synonym], Dolichodon Gray 1866 [synonym], Micropterus Wagner 1846 [synonym], Nodus Wagler 1830 [synonym], Oulodon van Haast 1876 [synonym], Paikea Oliver 1922 [synonym]
G. Tasmacetus Oliver 1937
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Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver 1937 [Shepherd's beaked whale]
G. Ziphius Cuvier 1824
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Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier 1824 [Cuvier's beaked whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinorhynchus australis Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Epiodon chathamensis Hector 1873 [synonym], Hyperoodon capensis Gray 1865 [synonym], Ziphius indicus Van Beneden 1863 [synonym]
Invalid names: Diodon Lesson [synonym], Hypodon Haldemann 1841 [synonym], Petrorhynchus Gray 1865 [synonym], Ziphiorhynchus Burmeister 1866 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hyperoodontidae Gray 1846 [synonym]
Mesoplodon layardi Gray 1865 [strap-toothed whale]
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby 1896 [synonym]