Cetacean Family Classifications
Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales:
Kingdom: Animalia, all animals Phylum: Chordata, having a notochord (pre-spinal cord)
Class: Mammalia, having hair and nursing young
Order: Cetacea, aquatic mammals
Suborder: Mysteceti, Baleen whales
Family: Balaenidae, Right whales
Family: Balaenopteridae, Rorquals and Humpback
Family: Eschrichtiidae, Gray whales
Suborder: Odontoceti, Toothed whales
Family: Platanistidae, River dolphins
Family: Delphinidae, Dolphins and porpoises
Family: Monodontidae, One pair toothed whales
Family: Physeteridae, Blowing whales
Family: Ziphiidae, Beaked whales (or bottlenosed whales)
Suborder: Archaeoceti, (ancient-whales) or Zeuglodonta, extinct ancient whales, zeuglodonts (means: yoke-loop? toothed), mammals with teeth of different kinds, like incisors (front cutting teeth), canines (middle conical pointed teeth, eyeteeth), and molars (back grinding teeth).
Bottlenose Dolphin:
Common Name: Bottlenose Dolphin; Genus & species: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Common Names: Bottlenose Dolphin, Bottlenosed Dolphin, Bottlenosed Dolphin, Bottlenosed Porpoise, and Gray Porpoise.
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