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All Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises)

This group gathers Mammals subcategory members belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, the fully aquatic whales, dolphins and porpoises, which never leave the water and have lost their hind limbs entirely over the course of their evolution from land dwelling, even-toed hoofed ancestors. It spans the baleen whales, which filter small prey such as krill through comb-like plates in the mouth rather than teeth, including the blue whale, the largest animal known to have ever lived, the humpback whale and the gray whale, and the far more numerous toothed whales, which include every living dolphin and porpoise species, the sperm whale, the narwhal and beluga, and the orca, itself technically the largest member of the dolphin family despite its common name. A freshwater lineage, the river dolphins, is also placed here, having independently evolved a similar body plan in several of the world's major river systems.

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All Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises)
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1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank
WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, group 515494
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kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species
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2. Wikipedia: Mammal
WikipediaMammal, lead section, group 515494
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All modern mammals give birth to live young, except the five species of monotremes, which lay eggs.
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Denebola brachycephala (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Denebola brachycephala, Lead, cetacean
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Denebola is an extinct genus of whale belonging to the family Monodontidae.
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Bohaskaia (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Bohaskaia monodontoides, Lead, cetacean
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Bohaskaia is an extinct genus of beluga-like odontocete cetacean known from the Early Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States.
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Casatia (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Casatia thermophila, Lead, cetacean
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Casatia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Monodontidae, known from the Early Pliocene
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Haborodelphis (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Haborodelphis japonicus, Lead, cetacean
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Haborodelphis is an extinct genus of beluga-like odontocete cetacean known from the Early Pliocene from the north-west Pacific.
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Bolivian river dolphin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Bolivian River Dolphin, Lead
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is a species (Inia boliviensis) or subspecies (Inia geoffrensis boliviensis) of freshwater dolphin found in upstream areas of the Amazon Basin.
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Araguaian river dolphin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Araguaian River Dolphin, Lead
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is a South American river dolphin population native to the Araguaia
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Burmeister's porpoise (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Burmeister's Porpoise, Lead
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Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) is a species of porpoise endemic to the coast of South America.
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Spectacled porpoise (Wikipedia)
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The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a small to midsize porpoise indigenous to the Southern Ocean.
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Wikipedia: Dall's porpoise
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Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific.
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Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Wikipedia)
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The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is one of eight porpoise species.
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Sei whale (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Sei Whale, Lead
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is a baleen whale
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Bryde's whale (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Bryde's Whale, External appearance
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The Bryde's whale is a baleen whale, more specifically a rorqual
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Omura's whale (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Omura's Whale, Lead
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is a species of rorqual about which very little is known
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Rice's whale (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Rice's Whale, Lead
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is a species of baleen whale endemic to the northern Gulf of Mexico
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Common minke whale (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Common Minke Whale, Lead
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is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales
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Antarctic minke whale (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Antarctic Minke Whale, Lead
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is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales
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East Asian finless porpoise (Wikipedia)
Has Member: East Asian Finless Porpoise, Lead
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The East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri) is a species of porpoise native to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and the seas around Japan.
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Isthminia (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Isthminia panamensis, Lead, group placement
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genus of medium-sized river dolphin cetaceans
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Kwanzacetus (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Kwanzacetus khoisani, Lead, group placement
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extinct genus of iniid
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Goniodelphis (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Goniodelphis hudsoni, Lead, group placement
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an extinct iniid river dolphin
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Saurocetes (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Saurocetes argentinus, Lead, group placement
    probable iniid river dolphins
  • Has Member: Saurocetes gigas, Lead, group placement
    probable iniid river dolphins
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Ischyrorhynchus (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Ischyrorhynchus vanbenedeni, Lead, group placement
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probable iniid river dolphins
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Meherrinia (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Meherrinia isoni, Lead, group placement
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inioid river dolphin
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Balaenoptera siberi (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Balaenoptera siberi, Lead
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Balaenoptera siberi is an extinct species of baleen whale from the Late Miocene
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Balaenoptera bertae (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Balaenoptera bertae, Lead
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Balaenoptera bertae is an extinct species of baleen whale that lived from 3.35 to 2.5 Mya during the Pliocene
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"Balaenoptera" ryani (Wikipedia)
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"Balaenoptera" ryani is an extinct species of Balaenopteridae from the late Miocene of California
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHas Member: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Classification, order
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Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lagenorhynchus acutus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHas Member: Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Classification, order
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Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Cephalorhynchus eutropia (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHas Member: Chilean dolphin, Classification, order
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Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Peale's dolphin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Peale's dolphin, Lead
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Peale's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus australis) is a small dolphin found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHas Member: Heaviside's dolphin, Classification, order
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Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lissodelphis borealis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHas Member: Northern right whale dolphin, Classification, order
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Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lissodelphis peronii (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHas Member: Southern right whale dolphin, Classification, order
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Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Orcaella heinsohni (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHas Member: Australian snubfin dolphin, Classification, order
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Cetacea dolphins, porpoises, and whales
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Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin, Lead
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is a species of bottlenose dolphin that inhabits coastal waters in the eastern United States
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Australian humpback dolphin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Australian humpback dolphin, Lead, group
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The Australian humpback dolphin (Sousa sahulensis) is a species of humpback dolphin
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Guiana dolphin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Guiana dolphin, Lead, dolphin
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is a dolphin found in the coastal and estuary waters to the north and east of South America
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Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Indian Ocean humpback dolphin, Lead, dolphin
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The Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) is a member of the Delphinidae family occupying coastal areas ranging from Southern Africa to Western Indochina.
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Placoziphius (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Placoziphius duboisii, Lead
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Placoziphius is an extinct genus of toothed whales that belongs to the subfamily Physeterinae.
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Orycterocetus (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Orycterocetus quadratidens, Lead
    Orycterocetus is an extinct genus of sperm whale from the Miocene of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
  • Has Member: Orycterocetus crocodilinus, Lead
    Orycterocetus is an extinct genus of sperm whale from the Miocene of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
  • Has Member: Orycterocetus cornutidens, Lead
    Orycterocetus is an extinct genus of sperm whale from the Miocene of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
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Idiophyseter (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Idiophyseter merriami, Lead
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Idiophyseter is a genus of macroraptorial sperm whale from the Miocene.
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Aulophyseter (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Aulophyseter morricei, Lead
    Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the subfamily Physeterinae that existed during the Miocene.
  • Has Member: Aulophyseter mediatlanticus, Lead
    Aulophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whales from the subfamily Physeterinae that existed during the Miocene.
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Eophyseter (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Eophyseter damarcoi, Lead
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Eophyseter is a genus of extinct physeterid sperm whale from the Pliocene epoch of Italy.
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Physeterula (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Physeterula dubusi, Lead
    Physeterula was a prehistoric close relative of the sperm whale that lived in Europe and the United States during the Late Miocene-Late Pliocene.
  • Has Member: Physeterula neolassicus, Lead
    Physeterula was a prehistoric close relative of the sperm whale that lived in Europe and the United States during the Late Miocene-Late Pliocene.
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Diaphorocetus (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Diaphorocetus ortegai, Lead
    Diaphorocetus is an extinct genus of odontocete cetacean belonging to Physeteroidea.
  • Has Member: Diaphorocetus poucheti, Lead
    Diaphorocetus is an extinct genus of odontocete cetacean belonging to Physeteroidea.
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Idiorophus (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Idiorophus bolzanensis, Lead
    Idiorophus is a genus of extinct toothed whales in the family Physeteridae.
  • Has Member: Idiorophus patagonicus, Lead
    Idiorophus is a genus of extinct toothed whales in the family Physeteridae.
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Orcinus citoniensis (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Orcinus citoniensis, Lead
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Orcinus citoniensis is an extinct species of cetacean
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Orcinus meyeri (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Orcinus meyeri, Lead
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Orcinus meyeri is an extinct species of Orcinus (killer whales)
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Orcinus paleorca (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Orcinus paleorca, Lead
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Orcinus paleorca is an extinct species of Orcinus
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Pseudorca yokoyamai (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Pseudorca yokoyamai, Lead
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Pseudorca yokoyamai is an extinct species of oceanic dolphin
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Iniidae - Wikipedia
Has Member: Orinoco river dolphin, Lead
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Iniidae is a family of freshwater river dolphins containing one living genus, Inia, and four extinct genera.
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Plesiobalaenoptera (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Plesiobalaenoptera quarantellii, Lead
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is a genus of extinct rorqual which existed in Italy during the late Miocene epoch
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Archaebalaenoptera (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati, Lead
    is a genus of extinct rorqual
  • Has Member: Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis, Lead
    is a genus of extinct rorqual known from late Miocene to Pliocene-age marine deposits of the Netherlands
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Parabalaenoptera (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Parabalaenoptera baulinensis, Lead
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is an extinct genus of baleen whale
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Miobalaenoptera (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Miobalaenoptera numataensis, Lead
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is an extinct genus of rorqual from the Late Miocene (Messinian) of Japan
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Protororqualus (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Protororqualus cuvieri, Lead
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is a genus of extinct rorqual
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Incakujira (Wikipedia)
  • Has Member: Incakujira anillodefuego, Lead
    is a genus of rorqual whales that lived during the Late Miocene epoch
  • Has Member: Incakujira fordycei, Lead
    is a genus of rorqual whales that lived during the Late Miocene epoch
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Diunatans (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Diunatans luctoretemergo, Lead
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is an extinct genus of rorqual
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Balaenoptera - Wikipedia
  • Has Member: Balaenoptera cephalus, Fossil species
    was originally thought to be a species of Eschrichtius (gray whales) or Cetotherium, but more recent analysis shows it to be a member of Balaenoptera
  • Has Member: Balaenoptera davidsonii, Fossil species
    was originally classified under Eschrichtius, but it has since been moved to Balaenoptera
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Cetotheriophanes (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Cetotheriophanes capellinii, Lead
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is an extinct rorqual from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of Northern Italy
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