PBDB

Opinions from D. W. Rice 1998

'Acrophoca belongs to Monachinae'
'Aetiocetidae belongs to Crenaticeti'
'Agorophiidae belongs to Odontoceti'
'Albireonidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
'Allodesmus belongs to Phocoidea'
'Ambulocetidae belongs to Protocetoidea'
'Archaeoceti belongs to Cetacea'
'Arctocephalus belongs to Otariidae'
'Arctocephalus forsteri belongs to Arctocephalus' according to Lesson 1828
'Arctocephalus galapagoensis belongs to Arctocephalus' according to Heller 1904
'Arctocephalus gazella belongs to Arctocephalus' according to Peters 1875
'Arctocephalus townsendi belongs to Arctocephalus' according to Merriam 1897
'Arctophoca is a subjective synonym of Arctocephalus'
'Australophocaena is a subjective synonym of Phocaena'
'Balaena belongs to Balaenidae'
'Balaena ampullata is recombined as Hyperoodon ampullatus'
'Eschrichtius gibbosus is a nomen dubium'
'Balaena marginata is recombined as Caperea marginata'
'Balaena musculus is recombined as Balaenoptera musculus'
'Balaena mysticetus belongs to Balaena'
'Balaena novaeangliae is recombined as Megaptera novaeangliae'
'Balaena physalus is recombined as Balaenoptera physalus'
'Balaenoptera belongs to Balaenopterinae'
'Balaenoptera acutorostrata belongs to Balaenoptera'
'Balaenoptera bonaerensis belongs to Balaenoptera'
'Balaenoptera borealis belongs to Balaenoptera'
'Balaenoptera robusta is recombined as Eschrichtius robustus'
'Balaenopteridae belongs to Chaeomysticeti'
'Balaenopterinae belongs to Balaenopteridae'
'Balanadae is corrected as Balaenidae and belongs to Chaeomysticeti'
'Basilosauridae belongs to Basilosauroidea'
'Basilosauroidea belongs to Archaeoceti'
'Berardius belongs to Ziphiinae'
'Berardius arnuxii belongs to Berardius'
'Berardius hectori is recombined as Mesoplodon hectori'
'Brachydelphinae is corrected as Brachydelphininae and belongs to Pontoporiidae'
'Brachydelphinae is corrected as Brachydelphininae and belongs to Phocoenidae'
'Callorhinus belongs to Otariidae'
'Caperea belongs to Neobalaenidae'
'Cephalorhynchus belongs to Delphinidae'
'Cetotheriinae was reranked as the family Cetotheriidae and belongs to Chaeomysticeti'
'Chaeomysticeti belongs to Mysticeti'
'Champsodelphidae is replaced by Champsodelphinidae'
'Crenaticeti belongs to Mysticeti'
'Cystophora belongs to Phocinae'
'Dalpiazinidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
'Delphinapterus belongs to Monodontidae'
'Delphinapterus borealis is recombined as Lissodelphis borealis'
'Delphinoidea belongs to Odontoceti'
'Delphinus belongs to Delphinidae'
'Delphinus (Grampus) was reranked as Grampus and belongs to Delphinidae'
'Delphinus (Grampus) acutus is recombined as Lagenorhynchus acutus'
'Delphinus (Grampus) heavisidii is recombined as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii'
'Delphinus (Grampus) obscurus is recombined as Lagenorhynchus obscurus'
'Delphinus aduncus is recombined as Tursiops aduncus'
'Delphinus albirostris is recombined as Lagenorhynchus albirostris'
'Delphinus blainvillei is recombined as Pontoporia blainvillei'
'Delphinus bredanensis is recombined as Steno bredanensis'
'Delphinus capensis belongs to Delphinus' according to Gray 1828
'Delphinus chinensis is recombined as Sousa chinensis'
'Delphinus clymene is recombined as Stenella clymene'
'Delphinus coeruleoalbus is recombined as Stenella coeruleoalba'
'Delphinus commersonii is recombined as Cephalorhynchus commersonii'
'Delphinus cruciger is recombined as Lagenorhynchus cruciger'
'Delphinus delphis belongs to Delphinus'
'Delphinus densirostris is recombined as Mesoplodon densirostris'
'Stenella dubia is a nomen dubium'
'Delphinus eutropia is recombined as Cephalorhynchus eutropia'
'Delphinus fluviatilis is recombined as Sotalia fluviatilis'
'Delphinus frontalis is recombined as Stenella frontalis'
'Delphinus gangeticus is recombined as Platanista gangetica'
'Delphinus geoffrensis is recombined as Inia geoffrensis'
'Delphinus griseus is recombined as Grampus griseus'
'Delphinus leucas is recombined as Delphinapterus leucas'
'Delphinus longirostris is recombined as Stenella longirostris'
'Delphinus melas is recombined as Globicephala melas'
'Delphinus orca is recombined as Orcinus orca'
'Delphinus peronii is recombined as Lissodelphis peronii'
'Lissodelphis peroni is a misspelling of Lissodelphis peronii'
'Delphinus phocaenoides is recombined as Neophocaena phocaenoides'
'Delphinus phocoena is recombined as Phocoena phocoena'
'Delphinus tropicalis belongs to Delphinus' according to van Bree 1971
'Delphinus tropicalis belongs to Delphinus'
'Denticete is a subjective synonym of Odontoceti'
'Desmatophoca belongs to Phocoidea'
'Dioplodon europaeus is recombined as Mesoplodon europaeus'
'Dorudontidae belongs to Basilosauroidea'
'Dugong belongs to Dugonginae'
'Dugongidae belongs to Sirenia'
'Dugonginae belongs to Dugongidae'
'Dusignathinae belongs to Odobaenidae'
'Electra hectori is recombined as Cephalorhynchus hectori'
'Eoplatanistidae belongs to Eurhinodelphinoidea'
'Erignathus belongs to Phocinae'
'Eschrichtiidae belongs to Chaeomysticeti'
'Eurhinodelphidae is corrected as Eurhinodelphinidae and belongs to Eurhinodelphinoidea'
'Eurhinodelphoidea is corrected as Eurhinodelphinoidea and belongs to Odontoceti'
'Feresa attenuata belongs to Feresa'
'Globicephala belongs to Delphinidae'
'Globicephalus macrorhynchus is recombined as Globicephala macrorhynchus'
'Globiocephalidae is corrected as Globicephalidae and belongs to Delphinoidea' according to Nishiwaki 1963
'Homiphoca belongs to Monachinae'
'Hydrodamalidae was reranked as the subfamily Hydrodamalinae and belongs to Dugongidae'
'Hydrodamalis belongs to Hydrodamalinae'
'Hyperoodon belongs to Hyperoodontinae'
'Hyperoodon planifrons belongs to Hyperoodon'
'Hyperoodontidae is a subjective synonym of Ziphiidae'
'Hyperoodontinae belongs to Ziphiidae'
'Imagotaria belongs to Odobaenidae'
'Indopacetus belongs to Hyperoodontinae'
'Inia belongs to Iniidae'
'Iniana was reranked as the family Iniidae and belongs to Odontoceti'
'Kekenodontinae belongs to Crenaticeti'
'Kentriodontidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
'Kogia belongs to Kogiidae'
'Kogiidae belongs to Physeteroidea'
'Lagenodelphis belongs to Delphinidae'
'Lagenodelphis hosei belongs to Lagenodelphis'
'Lagenorhynchus belongs to Delphinidae'
'Leucopleurus is a subjective synonym of Lagenorhynchus'
'Lagenorhynchus electra is recombined as Peponocephala electra'
'Lagenorhynchus obliquidens belongs to Lagenorhynchus'
'Lipotes belongs to Lipotidae'
'Lipotes vexillifer belongs to Lipotes'
'Lipotidae belongs to Odontoceti'
'Lissodelphis belongs to Delphinidae'
'Llanocetidae belongs to Crenaticeti'
'Lobodontini belongs to Monachinae'
'Mammalodontidae belongs to Crenaticeti'
'Manati gigas is recombined as Hydrodamalis gigas'
'Manatus inunguis is recombined as Trichechus inunguis'
'Megaptera belongs to Megapterinae'
'Megaptera (Eschrichtius) was reranked as Eschrichtius and belongs to Eschrichtiidae'
'Megapterinae belongs to Balaenopteridae'
'Mesoplodon belongs to Hyperoodontinae'
'Mesoplodon bahamondi belongs to Mesoplodon' according to Reyes et al. 1996
'Mesoplodon bahamondi belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mesoplodon bowdoini belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mesoplodon carlhubbsi belongs to Mesoplodon' according to Moore 1963
'Mesoplodon carlhubbsi belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mesoplodon ginkgodens belongs to Mesoplodon' according to Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958
'Mesoplodon ginkgodens belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mesoplodon grayi belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mesoplodon hotaula is a subjective synonym of Mesoplodon ginkgodens'
'Mesoplodon mirum is corrected as Mesoplodon mirus and belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mesoplodon peruvianus belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mesoplodon stejnegeri belongs to Mesoplodon' according to True 1885
'Mesoplodon stejnegeri belongs to Mesoplodon'
'Mirounga belongs to Monachinae'
'Monachinae belongs to Phocidae'
'Monachus belongs to Monachinae'
'Monodon belongs to Monodontidae'
'Monodon monoceros belongs to Monodon'
'Monodontidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
'Mystacoceti is a subjective synonym of Mysticeti'
'Mysticete is a subjective synonym of Mysticeti'
'Mysticeti belongs to Cetacea'
'Neobalaenidae belongs to Chaeomysticeti'
'Neophocaena belongs to Phocoenidae'
'Neotherium belongs to Odobaenidae'
'Odobaenidae is corrected as Odobenidae and belongs to Pinnipedia'
'Odobeninae belongs to Odobaenidae'
'Odontoceti belongs to Cetacea'
'Ommatophoca rossii is corrected as Ommatophoca rossi and belongs to Ommatophoca'
'Orca (Feresa) was reranked as Feresa and belongs to Delphinidae'
'Orca (Orcaella) was reranked as Orcaella and belongs to Delphinidae'
'Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris is recombined as Orcaella brevirostris'
'Orcaellidae is a subjective synonym of Delphinidae'
'Orcinae is an invalid subgroup of Delphinidae'
'Orcinus belongs to Delphinidae'
'Otaria (Arctophoca) philippii is recombined as Arctocephalus philippii'
'Otaria californiana is recombined as Zalophus californianus'
'Otariina was reranked as the family Otariidae and belongs to Pinnipedia'
'Otariinae belongs to Otariidae'
'Pakicetinae belongs to Protocetoidea'
'Peponocephala belongs to Delphinidae'
'Phoca caspica is recombined as Pusa caspica'
'Phoca jubata is recombined as Eumetopias jubatus'
'Phoca leonina is recombined as Mirounga leonina'
'Phoca pusilla belongs to Phoca' according to Schreber 1775
'Phoca vitulina sibirica is recombined as Pusa sibirica'
'Phocadae is corrected as Phocidae and belongs to Phocoidea'
'Phocaena is corrected as Phocoena and belongs to Phocoenidae'
'Phocaena crassidens is recombined as Pseudorca crassidens'
'Phocaena dioptrica is recombined as Phocoena dioptrica'
'Phocaena spinipinnis belongs to Phocaena' according to Burmeister 1865
'Phocaena spinipinnis is recombined as Phocoena spinipinnis'
'Phocaenina was reranked as the family Phocoenidae and belongs to Odontoceti'
'Phocinae belongs to Phocidae'
'Phocini belongs to Phocinae'
'Phocoena australis is recombined as Lagenorhynchus australis'
'Phocoena dalli is recombined as Phocoenoides dalli'
'Phocoena sinus belongs to Phocoena' according to Norris and McFarland 1958
'Phocoena sinus belongs to Phocoena'
'Phocoenoides belongs to Phocoenidae'
'Phocoidea belongs to Pinnipedia'
'Physeter belongs to Physeteridae'
'Physeter (Euphysetes) simus is recombined as Kogia sima'
'Physeter bidens is recombined as Mesoplodon bidens'
'Physeter breviceps is recombined as Kogia breviceps'
'Physeter catodon is a subjective synonym of Physeter macrocephalus'
'Physeter macrocephalus belongs to Physeter'
'Physeteridae belongs to Physeteroidea'
'Physeteroidea belongs to Odontoceti'
'Pinnarctidion belongs to Phocoidea'
'Pinnipedia was reranked as a unranked clade and belongs to Ursida'
'Piscophoca belongs to Monachinae'
'Pithanodelphinae is corrected as Pithanodelphininae and belongs to Kentriodontidae'
'Platanista belongs to Platanistidae'
'Platanista gangetica minor belongs to Platanista gangetica'
'Platanistina was reranked as the family Platanistidae and belongs to Platanistoidea'
'Platanistoidea belongs to Odontoceti'
'Pontoporia belongs to Pontoporiidae'
'Pontoporiidae belongs to Odontoceti'
'Protocetidae belongs to Protocetoidea'
'Protocetoidea belongs to Archaeoceti'
'Pseudorca belongs to Delphinidae'
'Remingtonocetidae belongs to Remingtonocetoidea'
'Remingtonocetoidea belongs to Archaeoceti'
'Sotalia belongs to Delphinidae'
'Sotalia teuszii is recombined as Sousa teuszi'
'Sousa belongs to Delphinidae'
'Squalodelphidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
'Squalodontidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
'Steno belongs to Delphinidae'
'Steno (Stenella) was reranked as Stenella and belongs to Delphinidae'
'Steno attenuatus is recombined as Stenella attenuata'
'Susu is a subjective synonym of Platanista'
'Tasmacetus belongs to Ziphiidae'
'Tasmacetus shepherdi belongs to Tasmacetus'
'Trichechus belongs to Trichechidae'
'Trichechus dugon is recombined as Dugong dugon'
'Trichechus manatus belongs to Trichechus'
'Trichechus senegalensis belongs to Trichechus'
'Trichecidae is corrected as Trichechidae and belongs to Sirenia'
'Tursio truncatus is recombined as Tursiops truncatus'
'Tursiops belongs to Delphinidae'
'Tursiops gillii is recombined as Tursiops truncatus gillii'
'Tursiops parvimanus is a subjective synonym of Tursiops truncatus'
'Ursida belongs to Arctoidea'
'Waipatiidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
'Zignodelphidae is corrected as Zignodelphinidae and belongs to Odontoceti'
'Ziphiidae was reranked as the tribe Ziphiina and belongs to Ziphioidea'
'Ziphioidea belongs to Odontoceti'
'Ziphius belongs to Ziphiinae'
'Ziphius cavirostris belongs to Ziphius'