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FAMILY Delphinidae

Author:Gray, 1821.
Citation:London Med. Repos., 15(1): 310.
Comments:Includes Globicephalidae, Grampidelphidae, Stenidae, Orcinae, Lissodelphinae, Cephalorhynchinae and Delphininae (Fraser and Purves, 1960); see Kasuya (1973), Mead (1975), Barnes (1978). Also includes Orcaella (see Heyning, 1989a and Lint et al., 1990), sometimes put in the family Monodontidae.
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Offspring:

GENUS Cephalorhynchus

SPECIES commersonii

SPECIES eutropia

SPECIES heavisidii

SPECIES hectori

SUBSPECIES hectori

SUBSPECIES maui

GENUS Delphinus

SPECIES capensis

SPECIES delphis

SUBSPECIES delphis

SUBSPECIES ponticus

GENUS Feresa

SPECIES attenuata

GENUS Globicephala

SPECIES macrorhynchus

SPECIES melas

SUBSPECIES melas

SUBSPECIES edwardii

GENUS Grampus

SPECIES griseus

GENUS Lagenodelphis

SPECIES hosei

GENUS Lagenorhynchus

SPECIES acutus

SPECIES albirostris

SPECIES australis

SPECIES cruciger

SPECIES obliquidens

SPECIES obscurus

SUBSPECIES obscurus

SUBSPECIES fitzroyi

GENUS Lissodelphis

SPECIES borealis

SPECIES peronii

GENUS Orcaella

SPECIES brevirostris

GENUS Orcinus

SPECIES orca

GENUS Peponocephala

SPECIES electra

GENUS Pseudorca

SPECIES crassidens

GENUS Sotalia

SPECIES fluviatilis

GENUS Sousa

SPECIES chinensis

SPECIES teuszii

GENUS Stenella

SPECIES attenuata

SUBSPECIES attenuata

SUBSPECIES graffmani

SPECIES clymene

SPECIES coeruleoalba

SPECIES frontalis

SPECIES longirostris

SUBSPECIES longirostris

SUBSPECIES centroamericana

SUBSPECIES orientalis

GENUS Steno

SPECIES bredanensis

GENUS Tursiops

SPECIES aduncus

SPECIES truncatus

SUBSPECIES truncatus

SUBSPECIES gillii

SUBSPECIES ponticus

Synonyms:

    Globicephalidae Gray, 1850
    Grampidelphidae Nishiwaki, 1963
    Stenidae Fraser and Purves, 1960
    Orcinae Fraser and Purves, 1960
    Lissodelphinae Fraser and Purves, 1960
    Cephalorhynchinae Fraser and Purves, 1960

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