Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises
see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
Suborder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed whales
see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 - oceanic dolphins
Genus Globicephala Lesson, 1828 - pilot whales
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 - short-finned pilot whale