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Delphinidaedolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives

  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    • Eumetazoametazoans
      • Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals
        • Deuterostomiadeuterostomes
          • PhylumChordatachordates
            • Craniatacraniates
              • SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
                • SuperclassGnathostomatajawed vertebrates
                  • Euteleostomibony vertebrates
                    • ClassSarcopterygiilobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates
                      • Tetrapodatetrapods
                        • Amniotaamniotes
                          • Synapsidasynapsids
                            • ClassMammaliamammals
                              • SubclassTheriaTherian mammals
                                • InfraclassEutheriaplacental mammals
                                  • SuperorderCetartiodactylacetaceans and artiodactyls
                                    • OrderCetaceadolphins, porpoises, and whales
                                      • SuborderOdontocetitoothed whales
                                        • FamilyDelphinidaedolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives
                                          • GenusCephalorhynchusblack dolphin, Commerson's dolphin, Heaviside's dolphin, and Hector's dolphin
                                          • GenusDelphinussaddleback dolphin
                                          • GenusFeresapygmy killer whale
                                          • GenusGlobicephalapilot whales
                                          • GenusGrampusRisso's dolphin
                                          • GenusLagenodelphisFraser's dolphin
                                          • GenusLagenorhynchuswhite-beaked dolphins, white-sided dolphins, and relatives
                                          • GenusLissodelphisright whale dolphins
                                          • GenusOrcaellasnubfin dolphins
                                          • GenusOrcinuskiller whale and orca
                                          • GenusPeponocephalamelon-headed whale
                                          • GenusPseudorcafalse killer whale
                                          • GenusSotaliatucuxi
                                          • GenusSousahumpbacked dolphins
                                          • GenusStenellaspinner dolphins, spotted dolphins, and striped dolphins
                                          • GenusStenorough-toothed dolphin
                                          • GenusTursiopsbottlenose dolphin

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  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
  • PhylumChordatachordates
  • SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
  • ClassMammaliamammals
  • OrderCetaceadolphins, porpoises, and whales
  • FamilyDelphinidaedolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives

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