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Taxon: Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: [*] 26o;133f;1112g;4545s;7ss; ‡3f;23g;88s; †1g;9s
   Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
  Count: [*] 10f;41g;78s
     Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
    Count: [*] 10f;41g;78s
       Suborder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed whales see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
      Count: [*] 6f;35g;67s
         Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 - oceanic dolphins
        Count: [*] 17g;32s
           01 Genus Cephalorhynchus Gray, 1846 - southern dolphins, piebald dolphins
          Count: [*] 4s
           02 Genus Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 - common dolphin, saddleback dolphin
          Count: [*] 1s
           03 Genus Feresa Gray, 1871 - pygmy killer whale
          Count: [*] 1s
           04 Genus Globicephala Lesson, 1828 - pilot whales
          Count: [*] 2s
           05 Genus Grampus Gray, 1828 - Risso's dolphin
          Count: [*] 1s
           06 Genus Lagenodelphis Fraser, 1956 - short-snouted white-belly dolphin, Fraser's dolphin
          Count: [*] 1s
           07 Genus Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846 - short-beaked dolphins
          Count: [*] 6s
           08 Genus Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841 - right whale dolphins
          Count: [*] 2s
           09 Genus Orcaella Gray, 1866
          Count: [*] 1s
           10 Genus Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 - killer whale
          Count: [*] 1s
           11 Genus Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris, 1966 - many-toothed blackfish, melon-headed whale
          Count: [*] 1s
           12 Genus Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862 - false killer whale
          Count: [*] 1s
           13 Genus Sotalia Gray, 1866 - tucuxi
          Count: [*] 1s
           14 Genus Sousa Gray, 1866 - humpback dolphins
          Count: [*] 2s
           15 Genus Stenella Gray, 1866 - spinner, spotted, and striped dolphins
          Count: [*] 5s
           16 Genus Steno Gray, 1846 - rough-toothed dolphin
          Count: [*] 1s
           17 Genus Tursiops Gervais, 1855 - bottle-nosed dolphins
          Count: [*] 1s

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