Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Alternative spelling: Xiphii
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1850. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea 1-153
Parent taxon: Ziphiini according to J. C. Moore 1968
See also Winge 1921
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Hyperoodontinae, Messapicetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiinae, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum, Tasmacetina, Indopacetina
Subtaxa: Hyperoodontes
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ziphiina in the database