Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Ziphiidae

Subsequent positions

Hyperoodontidae (Family) Gray, 1846

Current position

Hyperoodontinae (Subfamily) Muizon, 1990

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 130.

Alternative positions

Hyperoodontidae (Family) Gray, 1846	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 381.
Ziphiidae (Family) Gray, 1850	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.

Historical positions

Hyperoodontinae (Subfamily) Muizon, 1990	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 130.
Ziphiidae (Family) Gray, 1850	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Ziphiidae (Family) Gray, 1850	Ref: 2000
Hyperoodontidae (Family) Gray, 1846	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 381-382.
Ziphiidae (Family) Gray, 1850	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 362.
Ziphiidae (Family) Gray, 1850	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 121.
Ziphiidae (Family) Gray, 1850	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1039.
Ziphiidae (Family) Gray, 1850	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	12s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[12s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[12s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[11s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	11s