Cetacea
Cetacea (a Graeco  'cetus', 'quilibet magnus piscis', vel etiam 'monstrum marinum') sunt infraordo qui varia mammalia marina late appellata mysticetos, delphinidas, et phocoenidas comprehendit.

In mythologia Graeca, monstrum a Perseo victum appellatur Ceto, a constellatione Ceto significatum.

Cetologia est ramus bilogiae marinae qui studium cetaceorum efficit.

Taxinomia 
 Subordo Mysticeti
 Familia Balaenidae
 Genus Balaena
 Balaena mysticetus
 Genus Eubalaena
 Eubalaena glacialis
 Eubalaena iaponica
 Eubalaena australis
 Familia Balaenopteridae
 Subfamilia Balaenopterinae
 Genus Balaenoptera
 Balaenoptera physalus
 Balaenoptera borealis
 Balaenoptera brydei
 Balaenoptera edeni
 Balaenoptera musculus
 Balaenoptera acutorostrata
 Balaenoptera bonaerensis
 Balaenoptera omurai
 Subfamilia Megapterinae
 Genus Megaptera
 Megaptera novaeangliae
 † Genus Eobalaenoptera
 † Eobalaenoptera harrisoni
 Familia Eschrichtiidae
 Genus Eschrichtius
 Eschrichtius robustus
 Familia Neobalaenidae
 Genus Caperea
 Caperea marginata

 Subordo Odontoceti
 Superfamilia Platanistoidea
 Familia Iniidae
 Genus Inia
 Inia geoffrensis
 Familia Lipotidae
 Genus Lipotes
 Lipotes vexillifer 
 Familia Platanistidae
 Genus Platanista
 Platanista gangetica 
 Familia Pontoporiidae
 Genus Pontoporia
 Pontoporia blainvillei
 Familia Monodontidae
 Genus Monodon
 Monodon monocerus
 Genus Delphinapterus
 Delphinapterus leucas
 Familia Phocoenidae
 Genus Neophocaena
 Neophocaena phocaenoides
 Genus Phocoena
 Phocoena phocaena  
 Phocaena sinus
 Phocoena dioptrica
 Phocoena spinipinnis
 Genus Phocoenoides
 Phocoenoides dalli
 Familia Physeteridae
 Genus Physeter
 Physeter macrocephalus
 Familia Kogiidae
 Genus Kogia
 Kogia sima
 Kogia breviceps
 Familia Ziphidae
 Genus Ziphius
 Ziphius cavirostris
 Genus Berardius
 Berardius arnuxii
 Berardius bairdii
 Genus Tasmacetus
 Tasmacetus shepherdi
 Subfamilia Hyperoodontidae
 Genus Indopacetus
 Indopacetus pacificus
 Genus Hyperoodon
 Hyperoodon ampullatus
 Hyperoodon planifrons
 Genus Mesoplodon
 Mesoplodon hectori
 Mesoplodon mirus
 Mesoplodon europaeus 
 Mesoplodon bidens
 Mesoplodon grayi
 Mesoplodon peruvianus
 Mesoplodon bowdoini
 Mesoplodon bahamondi
 Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
 Mesoplodon ginkgodens
 Mesoplodon stejnegeri 
 Mesoplodon layardii
 Mesoplodon densirostris
 Familia Delphinidae
 Genus Cephalorhynchus
 Cephalorhynchus commersonii
 Cephalorhynchus eutropia
 Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
 Cephalorhynchus hectori
 Genus Steno
 Steno bredanensis
 Genus Sousa
 Sousa teuszi
 Sousa plumbea
 Sousa chinensis
 Genus Sotalia
 Sotalia fluviatilis
 Genus Tursiops
 Tursiops truncatus
 Tursiops aduncus
 Genus Stenella
 Stenella attenuata
 Stenella frontalis
 Stenella longirostris
 Stenella clymene
 Stenella coeruleoalba
 Genus Delphinus
 Delphinus delphis
 Delphinus capensis
 (Delphinus tropicalis)
 Genus Lagenodelphis
 Lagenodelphis hosei
 Genus Lagenorhynchus
 Lagenorhynchus albirostris
 Lagenorhynchus acutus
 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
 Lagenorhynchus obscurus
 Lagenorhynchus australis
 Lagenorhynchus cruciger
 Genus Lissodelphis
 Lissodelphis borealis
 Lissodelphis peronii
 Genus Grampus
 Grampus griseus
 Genus Peponocephala
 Peponocephala electra
 Genus Feresa
 Feresa attenuata
 Genus Pseudorca
 Pseudorca crassidens
 Genus Orcinus
 Orcinus orca
 Genus Globicephala
 Globicephala melas
 Globicephala macrorhyncus
 Genus Orcaella
 Orcaella brevirostris
 Orcaella heinsohni

 Cetacea celebria
 Cetus in litus eiectus
 Evolutio cetaceorum
 Index cetaceorum
 Index cetaceorum exstinctorum
 Intellegentia cetaceorum
 Odontoceti
 2089 Cetacea

Notae

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Nexus externi 

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Taxa Brisson
Taxa 1762