Names List for ODONTOCETI

• Higher Taxon ODONTOCETI
• Family DELPHINIDAE
• Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eudelphinus van Bénéden & Gervais, 1880
• Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
• Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner, 1846
  • Delphinus fulvofasciatus True, 1889
• Feresa Gray, 1870
  • Feresa Gray, 1870
• Feresa attenuata J.E. Gray, 1874
  • Feresa attenuata J.E. Gray, 1874
• Globicephala Lesson, 1828
  • Globicephala Lesson, 1828
• Globicephala macrorhynchus J.E. Gray, 1846
  • Globicephala macrorhynchus J.E. Gray, 1846
  • Globicephalus ventricosus Iredale & Troughton, 1933
• Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
• Globicephala melas edwardii (A. Smith, 1834)
  • Phocaena edwardii A. Smith, 1834
• Grampus Gray, 1828
  • Grampus Gray, 1828
  • Grampidelphis Iredale & Troughton, 1933
• Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812)
  • Delphinus griseus Cuvier, 1812
  • Grampidelphis exilis Iredale & Troughton, 1933
• Lagenodelphis Fraser, 1956
  • Lagenodelphis Fraser, 1956
• Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956
  • Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956
• Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846
  • Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846
• Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Delphinus cruciger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie, 1915
• Lagenorhynchus obscurus (J.E. Gray, 1828)
  • Delphinus superciliosus Lesson & Garnot, 1826
  • Delphinus (Grampus) obscurus J.E. Gray, 1828
• Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841
  • Tursio Wagler, 1830
  • Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841
  • Delphinapterus Gray, 1846
  • Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg, 1861
• Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)
  • Delphinus peronii Lacépède, 1804
  • Delphinus leucoramphus Lacépède, 1804
  • Delphinapterus peronii Lesson, 1826
• Orcaella Gray, 1866
  • Orcaella Gray, 1866
• Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005
  • Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005
• Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
  • Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
  • Grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933
• Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758
  • Orca tasmanica Gray, 1871
  • Delphinus grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933
• Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris, 1966
  • Electra Gray, 1866
  • Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris, 1966
• Peponocephala electra (J.E. Gray, 1846)
  • Lagenorhynchus electra J.E. Gray, 1846
• Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862
  • Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862
  • Neoorca Gray, 1871
• Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)
  • Phocaena crassidens Owen, 1846
  • Orca meridionalis Flower, 1865
• Sousa Gray, 1866
  • Sousa Gray, 1866
• Sousa sahulensis Jefferson & Rosenbaum, 2014
  • Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin, 1972
  • Sousa sahulensis Jefferson & Rosenbaum, 2014
• Stenella Gray, 1866
  • Stenella Gray, 1866
  • Fretidelphis Iredale & Troughton, 1934
• Stenella attenuata (J.E. Gray, 1846)
  • Steno attenuatus J.E. Gray, 1846
• Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
  • Delphinus coeruleoalbus Meyen, 1833
• Stenella longirostris (J.E. Gray, 1828)
• Stenella longirostris longirostris Gray, 1828
  • Delphinus longirostris Gray, 1828
• Stenella longirostris roseiventris (Wagner, 1846)
  • Delphinus roseiventris Wagner, 1846
• Steno Gray, 1846
  • Steno Gray, 1846
• Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828)
  • Delphinus rostratus Desmarest, 1817
  • Delphinus bredanensis Lesson, 1828
• Tursiops Gervais, 1855
  • Tursiops Gervais, 1855
• Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832)
  • Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832
  • Delphinus catalania Gray, 1862
• Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen & McKechnie, 2011
  • Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen & McKechnie, 2011
• Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
  • Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821
  • Tursiops maugeanus Iredale & Troughton, 1934
• Family PHYSETERIDAE
• Physeter Linnaeus, 1758
  • Physeter Linnaeus, 1758
  • Catodon Linnaeus, 1761
• Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
  • Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Catodon australis Wall, 1851
  • Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii Gray, 1865
• Family KOGIIDAE Gill, 1871
• Kogia Gray, 1846
  • Kogia Gray, 1846
  • Euphysetes Wall, 1851
• Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)
  • Physeter breviceps Blainville, 1838
  • Euphysetes grayii Wall, 1851
  • Euphysetes macleayii Krefft, 1866
• Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
  • Physeter (Euphysetes) simus Owen, 1866
• Family ZIPHIIDAE
• Berardius Duvernoy, 1851
  • Berardius Duvernoy, 1851
• Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
  • Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
• Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804
  • Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804
• Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882
  • Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882
• Indopacetus Moore, 1968
  • Indopacetus Moore, 1968
• Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926)
  • Mesoplodon pacificus Longman, 1926
• Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
  • Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
• Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908
  • Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908
• Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
  • Delphinus densirostris Blainville, 1817
• Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
  • Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
• Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876
  • Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876
• Mesoplodon hectori (J.E. Gray, 1871)
  • Berardius hectori J.E. Gray, 1871
• Mesoplodon layardii (J.E. Gray, 1865)
  • Ziphius layardii J.E. Gray, 1865
  • Mesoplodon guntheri Krefft, 1871
  • Mesoplodon longirostris Gray, 1873
  • Mesoplodon thompsoni Ogilby, 1892
• Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913
  • Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913
• Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937
  • Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937
• Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937
  • Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937
• Ziphius Cuvier, 1823
  • Ziphius Cuvier, 1823
• Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
  • Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
• Family PHOCOENIDAE
• Phocaena Cuvier, 1817
  • Phocoena Cuvier, 1816
  • Phocaena Cuvier, 1817
  • Australophocaena Barnes, 1985
• Phocaena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
  • Phocaena dioptrica Lahille, 1912

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