Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758
Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 108.

Alternative positions

Cete (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 105.

Historical positions

Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 108.
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: 2000
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 378-379.
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349.
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 122.
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1036.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.
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	3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	3s
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 108	[1s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]