Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Monodontinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Monodontinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 389.

Alternative positions

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 105.
Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 136.

Historical positions

Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 136.
Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: 2000
Monodontinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 389.
Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 357.
Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 120.
Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Monodontidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.
Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 105.
Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 75. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 136	[1s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.: 357	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]