Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Lipotidae

Subsequent positions

Lipotidae (Family) Zhou, Quian & Li, 1978

Current position

Lipotidae (Family) Zhou, Quian & Li, 1978

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 131.

Alternative positions

Iniidae (Family) Gray, 1846	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.
Iniinae (Subfamily) (Flower, 1867)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.
Platanistidae (Family) Gray, 1846	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 360.

Historical positions

Lipotidae (Family) Zhou, Quian & Li, 1978	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 131.
Lipotidae (Family) Zhou, Quian & Li, 1978	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 387.
Platanistidae (Family) Gray, 1846	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 360.
Platanistidae (Family) Gray, 1846	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 117.
Iniinae (Subfamily) (Flower, 1867)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.
Iniidae (Family) Gray, 1846	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	‡1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	‡1s
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 131	[; ‡1s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s