Cetacea

cetacea cetácea Translingual right|thumb|Balaenoptera musculus species(parvorder Mysticeti parvorder) right|thumb|Cephalorhynchus commersonii species(parvorder Odontoceti parvorder) Etymology From Cete genus (mul la cetus whale, porpoise, dolphin, from mul grc κῆτος sea-monster or huge fish) mul acea. Proper noun Cetaceans whales, porpoises and dolphins, with multiple taxonomic treatments. infraorder order Artiodactyla infraorder order Cetartiodactyla infraorder clade Cetaceamorpha clade infraorder suborder Whippomorpha mul obsolete A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia class. Hypernyms infraorder ; Theria subclass subclass; Eutheria infraclass/Placentalia infraclass; Laurasiatheria superorder superorder; Artiodactyla order order Hyponyms infraorder Neoceti clade clade Mysticeti parvorder (baleen whales), Odontoceti parvorder (toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises), †Archaeoceti parvorder parvorders Balaenidae family, Neobalaenidae family, Balaenopteridae family, Eschrichtiidae family; Kogiidae family, Physeteridae family, Platanistidae family, Ziphiidae family, Lipotidae family, Iniidae family, Pontoporiidae family, Delphinidae family, Monodontidae family, Phocoenidae family extant families Translations taxonomic infraorder Breton: br morviled p Bulgarian: bg китоподо́бни m-p Czech: cs kytovci m-p French: fr cétacé m Georgian: ka ვეშაპისნაირნი German: de Wale m-p, de Wale und Delphine m-p Greek: el κητώδη References 698424 1 2688 1 14300001 1 180403 1 7649 1 9721 1 36652 1