Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Globicephalinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1850

Current position

Globicephalinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1850

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

Alternative positions

Delphinidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Orcininae (Subfamily) Wagner, 1846	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038.

Historical positions

Globicephalinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1850	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
Globicephalinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1850	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 386.
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: 119.
Orcininae (Subfamily) Wagner, 1846	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038.
Orcininae (Subfamily) Wagner, 1846	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 597.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	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]