Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Delphininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758
Delphinus phocoena Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Delphininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 140.

Alternative positions

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 108.
Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.

Historical positions

Delphininae (Subfamily) 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: 384-385.
Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 352.
Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 118.
Delphininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Delphininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 597.
Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 108.
Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 77. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;2ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3s]