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Tuithed whaul

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(Reguidit frae Odontoceti)

Tuithed whauls
Temporal range: Oligocene–Present
Bottlenose dolphin
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Infraorder: Cetacea
Suborder: Odontoceti
Flower, 1869
Faimilies
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Diversity
Aroond 73

The tuithed whauls (systematic name Odontoceti) furm a suborder o the cetaceans, includin sperm whauls, beaked whales, dowphins, an ithers. As the name suggests, the suborder is chairacterised bi the presence o teeth raither than the baleen o ither whauls.