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 Toothed whales 

 Sperm whales (Physeteridae)

 Dwarf sperm whales (Kogiidae)

 South Asian river dolphins (Platanistidae)

 Beaked whales (Ziphiidae)

 Inioidea 
 Delphinoidea 

 Oceanic dolphins (Delphinidae)

A phylogenetic tree representing the position of white whales in the toothed whale parvorder.[1] Detail under Monodontidae is based on a 2019 study of the family.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ John Gatesy; Jonathan H. Geisler; Joseph Chang; Carl Buell; Annalisa Berta; Robert W. Meredith; Mark S. Springer; Michael R. McGowen (2012). "A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (2): 479–506. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.012. PMID 23103570. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Pesci, Fabio; Collareta, Alberto; Tinelli, Chiara (4 May 2019). "A new Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the lower Pliocene of Italy supports a warm-water origin for narwhals and white whales". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (3): e1645148. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E5148B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1645148. hdl:11568/1022436. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 202018525. Retrieved 21 January 2024.