Whippomorpha
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Whippomorpha
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Artiodactyla – including all living whales, dolphins, porpoises, and hippopotamuses.
Synonyms
- (suborder): Cetancodonta
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Artiofabula (also including Suina), Cetruminantia (also includes Ruminantia) – clades
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Ancodonta, Cetaceamorpha – infraorders
- †Choeropotamidae – family; Hippopotamoidea – superfamily (both in Ancodonta); Raoellidae – family; Cetacea – infraorder (both in Cetaceamorpha)
References
- Whippomorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Whippomorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Whippomorpha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Whippomorpha at Paleobiology Database