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