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Cetacea Statistics

Number of records in Cetacea. All taxa: number of marine scientific names at all ranks (sum of species, genera, families,..., accepted and synonyms). All species: number of marine species (sum of accepted and synonyms) within the specific rank. Acc. species: number of accepted marine species within the specific rank. Species (non-marine): number of non-marine species (sum of accepted and synonyms) within the specific rank. Checked taxa: number of scientific names (%) that have been verified by a Taxonomic Editor.

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	all taxa (marine)	all species (marine)	acc. species (marine)	species (non-marine)	checked taxa (marine)
Superfamily Mysticeti	325	213	14	0	325 (100 %)
Family Balaenidae	103	75	4	0	103 (100 %)
Family Balaenopteridae	194	129	8	0	194 (100 %)
Family Eschrichtiidae	9	4	1	0	9 (100 %)
Family Mysticeti incertae sedis	2	1	0	0	2 (100 %)
Family Neobalaenidae	5	3	1	0	5 (100 %)
Superfamily Odontoceti	1,232	889	73	27	1,232 (100 %)
Family Delphinidae	746	589	37	13	746 (100 %)
Family Iniidae	6	2	1	6	6 (100 %)
Family Kogiidae	13	6	0	0	13 (100 %)
Family Lipotidae	1	0	0	1	1 (100 %)
Family Monodontidae	51	33	2	0	51 (100 %)
Family Odontoceti incertae sedis	18	11	0	2	18 (100 %)
Family Phocoenidae	93	60	7	0	93 (100 %)
Family Physeteridae	66	46	3	0	66 (100 %)
Family Platanistidae	5	2	1	5	5 (100 %)
Family Pontoporiidae	9	5	1	0	9 (100 %)
Family Ziphiidae	186	135	21	0	186 (100 %)

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