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Taxon: Genus Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 - common dolphin, saddleback dolphin (mammal)
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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]
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