Ziphiidae

Translingual

Etymology

Ziphius +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Ziphiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cetacea – the beaked whales.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder

Hyponyms

(family): Ziphius, Archaeoziphius, Berardius, Caviziphius, Hyperoodon, Indopacetus, Mesoplodon, Tasmacetus - genera

References

Ziphiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ziphiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ziphiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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