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, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Mamaziphius, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Messapicetiformes, Nazcacetus, Nenga, Pelycorhamphus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Vomeroziphii, Ziphiopsis, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina
Subtaxa: Hyperoodontes
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ziphiina in the database