Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Parent taxon: Hyperoodontinae according to O. Lambert et al. 2009

Synonyms: Aodon Lesson 1828, Callidon Gray 1871, Dioplodon Gervais 1850, Diplodon Gray 1866, Mesiodon Gray 1866, Mesodiodon Duvernoy 1851, Mesoplodon danconae Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon lawleyi Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon medilineatus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon meneghinii Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Micropteron Eschricht 1849, Micropterus Wagner 1846, Neoziphius Gray 1871, Nodus Wagler 1830, Oulodon van Haast 1876, Paikea Oliver 1922, Ziphius gibbus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Ziphius tenuirostris Owen 1870 [nomen dubium]

Type: Physeter bidens

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Subtaxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon bowdoini, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon europaeus, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Mesoplodon grayi, Mesoplodon hectori, Mesoplodon layardii, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon perrini, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Mesoplodon tumidirostris (view classification)