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 Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 - beaked whales
         Genus Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 - beaked whales
           01 Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) - Sowerby's beaked whale
           02 Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908 - Andrew's beaked whale
           03 Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 - Hubb's beaked whale
           04 Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) - Blainville's beaked whale
           05 Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) - Gervais' beaked whale
           06 Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958 - ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
           07 Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 - Gray's beaked whale
           08 Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) - Hector's beaked whale
           09 Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) - strap-toothed whale
           10 Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 - True's beaked whale
           11 Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes et al., 1991 - pygmy beaked whale
           12 Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 - Stejneger's beaked whale