Mammalia Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.
see Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery 1997
see Order Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997
Whippomorpha Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999
see Suborder Whippomorpha
Cetacea Brisson 1762
see Suborder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
Pelagiceti Uhen, 2008
Neoceti Fordyce & de Muizon, 2001
Mysticeti Cope, 1891
see Parvorder Mysticeti Cope, 1891
Chaeomysticeti Mitchell, 1989
Balaenomorpha Geisler & Sanders, 2003
Family Balaenidae Gray, 1821 - right whales
Genus Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 [monotypic] - bowhead whale, Greenland right whale
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 - Arctic bowhead whale