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Delphinidae

family of marine mammals
Taxon taxon Q215760
Delphinidae
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Summary

Delphinidae is a taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[2]
  • Parent taxon: Delphinoidea[3], Odontoceti[4]
  • Taxon name: Delphinidae[5]
  • Taxonomic type: Delphinus[6]
  • Start time: 30000000 BC[7]
  • Main food source: fish as food[8], Teuthida[9]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Pauly–Wissowa[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15]
  • Taxon synonym: Holodontidae[16]
  • Taxon common name: delfinfamilien[17], delfini[18], pliskavke[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Q140332069. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Q140382485. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Ginta Pankoka · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id → 000161827
    Sitelink count → 81
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bxr', 'c
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'delfinfamilien'}, {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'delfini'}, {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pliskavke'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of latvia id: 000161827"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → fish as food, Teuthida
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon synonym → Holodontidae
    Start time → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 11230, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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