Opinions from O. Vidal 1991

  • 'Aivukus belongs to Odobeninae'
  • 'Aivukus cedrosensis belongs to Aivukus'
  • 'Albireo belongs to Albireonidae'
  • 'Albireo whistleri belongs to Albireo'
  • 'Albireonidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Arctocephalus belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Arctocephalus townsendi belongs to Arctocephalus'
  • 'Balaena musculus is recombined as Balaenoptera musculus'
  • 'Balaena novaeangliae is recombined as Megaptera novaeangliae'
  • 'Balaena physalus is recombined as Balaenoptera physalus'
  • 'Balaenoptera belongs to Balaenopterinae'
  • 'Balaenoptera acutorostrata belongs to Balaenoptera'
  • 'Balaenoptera edeni belongs to Balaenoptera'
  • 'Balaenoptera robusta is recombined as Eschrichtius robustus'
  • 'Balaenopteridae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Balaenopterinae belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Berardius belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Berardius bairdii belongs to Berardius'
  • 'Burtinopsis belongs to Balaenopterinae'
  • 'Cetotheriinae was reranked as the family Cetotheriidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Delphinapterinae belongs to Monodontidae'
  • 'Delphinapterus borealis is recombined as Lissodelphis borealis'
  • 'Delphinidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Delphininae belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Delphinoidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Delphinus belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Delphinus (Grampus) was reranked as Grampus and belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Delphinus bredanensis is recombined as Steno bredanensis'
  • 'Delphinus coeruleoalbus is recombined as Stenella coeruleoalba'
  • 'Delphinus delphis belongs to Delphinus'
  • 'Delphinus griseus is recombined as Grampus griseus'
  • 'Delphinus longirostris is recombined as Stenella longirostris'
  • 'Delphinus orca is recombined as Orcinus orca'
  • 'Denebola belongs to Delphinapterinae'
  • 'Denebola brachycephala belongs to Denebola'
  • 'Dioplodon europaeus is recombined as Mesoplodon europaeus'
  • 'Dusignathinae belongs to Otariidae'
  • 'Dusignathus belongs to Dusignathinae'
  • 'Dusignathus santacruzensis belongs to Dusignathus'
  • 'Eschrichtiidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Fissipeda was reranked as the suborder Fissipedia and belongs to Carnivora'
  • 'Globicephala belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Globicephalus macrorhynchus is recombined as Globicephala macrorhynchus'
  • 'Globiocephalidae was reranked as the subfamily Globicephalinae and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Kogia belongs to Kogiidae'
  • 'Kogiidae belongs to Physeteroidea'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus electra is recombined as Peponocephala electra'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus obliquidens belongs to Lagenorhynchus'
  • 'Lissodelphinae belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Lutra belongs to Mustelidae'
  • 'Lutra longicaudis belongs to Lutra' according to Olfers 1818
  • 'Lutra longicaudis belongs to Lutra'
  • 'Megaptera belongs to Megapterinae'
  • 'Megaptera (Eschrichtius) was reranked as Eschrichtius and belongs to Eschrichtiidae'
  • 'Megapterinae belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Mesoplodon belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Mesoplodon ginkgodens belongs to Mesoplodon'
  • 'Mirounga belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Mirounga angustirostris belongs to Mirounga'
  • 'Monachus belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Monodontidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Mustelidae belongs to Fissipedia'
  • 'Mysticeti belongs to Cetacea'
  • 'Odobeninae belongs to Otariidae'
  • 'Odontoceti belongs to Cetacea'
  • 'Orcinus belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Otaria californiana is recombined as Zalophus californianus'
  • 'Otariina was reranked as the family Otariidae and belongs to Pinnipedia'
  • 'Otariinae belongs to Otariidae'
  • 'Parapontoporia pacifica belongs to Parapontoporia'
  • 'Parapontoporiinae belongs to Pontoporiidae'
  • 'Peponocephala belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Phoca belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Phoca tropicalis is recombined as Monachus tropicalis'
  • 'Phoca vitulina belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phocadae is corrected as Phocidae and belongs to Pinnipedia'
  • 'Phocaena is corrected as Phocoena and belongs to Phocoeninae'
  • 'Phocaena crassidens is recombined as Pseudorca crassidens'
  • 'Phocaenina was reranked as the family Phocoenidae and belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Phocoena dalli is recombined as Phocoenoides dalli'
  • 'Phocoena sinus belongs to Phocoena'
  • 'Phocoeninae belongs to Phocoenidae'
  • 'Phocoenoidinae belongs to Phocoenidae'
  • 'Physeter belongs to Physeterinae'
  • 'Physeter (Euphysetes) simus is recombined as Kogia simus'
  • 'Physeter breviceps is recombined as Kogia breviceps'
  • 'Physeter macrocephalus belongs to Physeter'
  • 'Physeteridae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Physeterinae belongs to Physeteridae'
  • 'Pinnipedia was reranked as a suborder and belongs to Carnivora'
  • 'Piscolithax belongs to Phocoenoidinae'
  • 'Piscolithax boreios belongs to Piscolithax'
  • 'Piscolithax tedfordi belongs to Piscolithax'
  • 'Platanistoidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Plesiocetus belongs to Balaenopterinae'
  • 'Pontoporiidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Praekogia belongs to Kogiidae'
  • 'Praekogia cedrosensis belongs to Praekogia'
  • 'Pseudorca belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Rhabdosteidae belongs to Squalodontoidea'
  • 'Squalodontidae belongs to Squalodontoidea'
  • 'Squalodontoidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Stenidae was reranked as the subfamily Steninae and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Steno belongs to Steninae'
  • 'Steno (Stenella) was reranked as Stenella and belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Steno attenuatus is recombined as Stenella attenuata'
  • 'Thalassoleon belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Thalassoleon mexicanus belongs to Thalassoleon'
  • 'Trichechiformes belongs to Sirenia'
  • 'Trichechus belongs to Trichechidae'
  • 'Trichechus manatus belongs to Trichechus'
  • 'Trichecidae is corrected as Trichechidae and belongs to Trichechiformes'
  • 'Tursio truncatus is recombined as Tursiops truncatus'
  • 'Tursiops belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Zalophus belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Ziphiidae belongs to Ziphioidea'
  • 'Ziphioidea belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Ziphius belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Ziphius cavirostris belongs to Ziphius'