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
             Odontoceti Flower, 1867 see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
               Synrhina Geisler et al., 2011
                 Family Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 - beaked whales
                   Subfamily Hyperoodontinae Muizon, 1990
                     Genus Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 - beaked whales
                       Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) - Blainville's beaked whale