Opinions from J. R. Ellerman and T. C. S. Morrisson-Scott 1951

  • 'Balaena belongs to Balaenidae'
  • 'Balaenoptera belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Balaenopteridae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Balanadae is corrected as Balaenidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Berardius belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Delphinapterinae belongs to Monodontidae'
  • 'Delphinapterus belongs to Delphinapterinae'
  • 'Delphinidae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Delphinus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Delphinus (Grampus) was reranked as Grampus and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Eschrichtiidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Eubalaena belongs to Balaenidae'
  • 'Globicephala belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Hyperoodon belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Iniinae belongs to Platanistidae'
  • 'Kogia belongs to Kogiinae'
  • 'Kogiinae belongs to Physeteridae'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Lipotes belongs to Iniinae'
  • 'Lissodelphis belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Megaptera belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Megaptera (Eschrichtius) was reranked as Eschrichtius and belongs to Eschrichtiidae'
  • 'Mesoplodon belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Mesoplodon gervaisi is a subjective synonym of Mesoplodon europaeus'
  • 'Monodon belongs to Monodontinae'
  • 'Monodontidae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Monodontinae belongs to Monodontidae'
  • 'Neomeris belongs to Phocaenidae'
  • 'Odontoceti belongs to Cetacea'
  • 'Orca (Orcaella) was reranked as Orcaella and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Orcinus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Phocaena belongs to Phocaenidae'
  • 'Phocaenina was reranked as the family Phocaenidae and belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Physeter belongs to Physeterinae'
  • 'Physeteridae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Physeterinae belongs to Physeteridae'
  • 'Platanista belongs to Platanistinae'
  • 'Platanistina was reranked as the family Platanistidae and belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Platanistinae belongs to Platanistidae'
  • 'Pseudorca belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Sotalia belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Steno belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Steno (Stenella) was reranked as Stenella and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Tursiops belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Ziphiidae belongs to Ziphioidea'
  • 'Ziphius belongs to Ziphiidae'