Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative spelling: Globicephalus

Synonyms: Globiceps Flower 1883, Globiocephalus Gray 1846, Sphaerocephalus Gray 1864

Full reference: R. P. Lesson. 1828. Complement des oeuvres de Buffon ou Histoire Naturelle des Animaux 1:1-660

Parent taxon: Globicephalinae according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

Sister taxa: Feresa, Grampus, Protoglobicephala, Pseudorca

Subtaxa: Globicephala etruriae, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Globicephala melas, Globicephalus globiceps, Globicephalus karsteni

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore