Opinions from F. C. Whitmore and J. A. Kaltenbach 2008

  • 'Aprixokogia belongs to Kogiinae'
  • 'Aprixokogia kelloggi belongs to Aprixokogia'
  • 'Araeodelphis belongs to Platanistidae'
  • 'Araeodelphis natator belongs to Araeodelphis'
  • 'Atocetus belongs to Pithanodelphininae'
  • 'Balaena belongs to Balaenidae'
  • 'Balaenoptera belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Balaenoptera acutorostrata belongs to Balaenoptera'
  • 'Balaenoptera borealina belongs to Balaenoptera'
  • 'Balaenopteridae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Balaenotus is a nomen nudum'
  • 'Balaenula belongs to Balaenidae'
  • 'Balanadae is corrected as Balaenidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Cetotheriinae was reranked as the family Cetotheriidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Cetotheriinae belongs to Cetotheriidae'
  • 'Champsodelphis belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Choneziphius belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Choneziphius trachops belongs to Choneziphius'
  • 'Delphinapterinae belongs to Monodontidae'
  • 'Delphinapterus belongs to Delphinapterinae'
  • 'Delphinapterus gabbii is recombined as Tretosphys gabbii'
  • 'Delphinidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Delphinodon belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Delphinodon dividum belongs to Delphinodon'
  • 'Delphinoidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Delphinus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Eschrichtiidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Eurhinodelphidae is corrected as Eurhinodelphinidae and belongs to Eurhinodelphinoidea'
  • 'Eurhinodelphoidea is corrected as Eurhinodelphinoidea and belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Globicephala belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Gricetoides belongs to Eschrichtiidae'
  • 'Gricetoides aurorae belongs to Gricetoides'
  • 'Herpetocetinae belongs to Cetotheriidae'
  • 'Herpetocetus belongs to Herpetocetinae'
  • 'Herpetocetus transatlanticus belongs to Herpetocetus'
  • 'Hyperoodon gervaisii belongs to Hyperoodon' according to Duvernoy 1851
  • 'Hyperoodon gervaisii is a subjective synonym of Ziphius cavirostris'
  • 'Hyperoodon gervaisii is recombined as Ziphius gervaisii' according to Fischer 1867
  • 'Hyperoodon semijunctus is a subjective synonym of Ziphius cavirostris'
  • 'Hyperoodon semijunctus is recombined as Ziphius semijunctus' according to F. W. True 1885
  • 'Kentriodon belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Kentriodon schneideri belongs to Kentriodon'
  • 'Kentriodontidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Kentriodontinae belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Kogiidae belongs to Physeteroidea'
  • 'Kogiinae belongs to Kogiidae'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus harmatuki belongs to Lagenorhynchus'
  • 'Lophocetinae belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Lophocetus belongs to Lophocetinae'
  • 'Lophocetus pappus belongs to Lophocetus'
  • 'Megaptera belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Mesoplodon belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Monodontidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Nannolithax belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Ninoziphius belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Ninoziphius platyrostris belongs to Ninoziphius'
  • 'Phocageneus belongs to Squalodelphinidae'
  • 'Phocageneus venustus belongs to Phocageneus'
  • 'Physeteridae belongs to Physeteroidea'
  • 'Physeterinae belongs to Physeteridae'
  • 'Physeteroidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Pithanodelphinae is corrected as Pithanodelphininae and belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Platanistina was reranked as the family Platanistidae and belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Platanistoidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Pomatodelphininae belongs to Platanistidae'
  • 'Pomatodelphis belongs to Pomatodelphininae'
  • 'Pontoporia belongs to Pontoporiidae'
  • 'Pontoporiidae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Probalaena is a nomen nudum'
  • 'Pseudorca belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Squalodelphidae is corrected as Squalodelphinidae and belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Squalodon calvertensis belongs to Squalodon'
  • 'Delphinodon mento is an invalid subgroup of Odontoceti'
  • 'Squalodon whitmorei belongs to Squalodon'
  • 'Squalodontidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Stenella kabatensis belongs to Stenella'
  • 'Stenella rayi belongs to Stenella'
  • 'Steno (Stenella) was reranked as Stenella and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Tretosphys is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Tursiops belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Xiphiacetus belongs to Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Ziphiidae belongs to Ziphioidea'
  • 'Ziphioidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Ziphius belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Ziphius cavirostris belongs to Ziphius'
  • 'Ziphius grebnitzkii belongs to Ziphius' according to Stejneger 1883
  • 'Ziphius grebnitzkii is a subjective synonym of Ziphius cavirostris'
  • 'Ziphius longirostris is recombined as Mesoplodon longirostris'