Cetacean Family Classifications

The Different Kinds of Cetaceans are 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).