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What, if anything, are whales?

What, if anything, are whales?. others. Mysticeti. Cetacea. Odontoceti. others. Tylopoda. Suiformes. Ancodonta. Suina. Tragulidae. Artiodactyla. Pecora. Ruminantia. others. Ballen whale. Whales. Toothed whale. others. Camel. Pig-like. Hippopotamus. Pig. Mouse deer.

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What, if anything, are whales?

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  1. What, if anything, are whales?

  2. others Mysticeti Cetacea Odontoceti others Tylopoda Suiformes Ancodonta Suina Tragulidae Artiodactyla Pecora Ruminantia

  3. others Ballen whale Whales Toothed whale others Camel Pig-like Hippopotamus Pig Mouse deer Even-toed ungulates Pecorans Ruminants

  4. Because I said so! (1945) George Gaylord Simpson (1902-1984)

  5. Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale Baleen whales Mysticeti

  6. Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise Orcinus orca Killer whale Odontoceti Toothed whales

  7. + Odontoceti Mysticeti = Cetacea

  8. Tragulus napu Larger Malay Mouse Deer Tragulus javanicus Lesser Malay Mouse Deer Tragulidae Chevrotains

  9. Antilocapra americana Pronghorn Giraffa camelopardalis Giraffe Oreamnos americanus Mountain goat Pecora

  10. + Tragulidae Pecora = Ruminantia

  11. Pecari tajacu Collared peccary Sus barbatus Bearded pig Suina

  12. Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus Ancodonta

  13. + Ancodonta Suina = Suiformes

  14. Camelus bactrianus Bactrian camel Lama glama Llama Tylopoda

  15. Suiformes + + Tylopoda Ruminantia = Artiodactyla

  16. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Outgroup Eutherian

  17. Molecular revision of cetacean and artiodactyl phylogeny

  18. Graur D, Higgins DG. 1994. Molecular evidence for the inclusion of cetaceans within the order Artiodactyla. Mol. Biol. Evol. 11: 357-364.

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