Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Delphininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Current position

Globicephalinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1850

Ref: McGowen et al., 2019: 492; McGowen et al., 2019: fig. 2

Alternative positions

Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Delphininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 385.
Stenidae (Family) Fraser & Purves, 1960	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.
Steninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1868	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038.

Historical positions

Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 140.
Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: 2000
Delphininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 385.
Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 357.
Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 117.
Steninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1868	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038.
Stenidae (Family) Fraser & Purves, 1960	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s