Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Physeterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758
Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Physeterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 380.

Alternative positions

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 107.
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.

Historical positions

Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 123, 124, fig. 4.28.
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: O. Lambert et al., 2010a: fig. 2.
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: 2000
Physeterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 380.
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 359.
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 120.
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1039.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Physeteridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.
Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 107.
Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 76. [new position]

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]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]