Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises
see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
Suborder Mysticeti Cope, 1891 - baleen whales
see Parvorder Mysticeti Cope, 1891
Family Balaenidae Gray, 1821 - right whales
Genus Eubalaena Gray, 1864 - right whale
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, in Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822) - southern right whale
see Balaena australis Desmoulins, in Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822