Translingual

Proper noun

Platanistidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Cetacea – the river dolphins.

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Cetartiodactyla - clade; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Platanista type genus; †Argyrocetinae, †Platanistinae, †Pomatodelphininae - extinct subfamilies, †Araeodelphis, †Pachyacanthus, †Pomatodelphia - extinct genera