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 Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 - rorquals
Genus Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 - rorquals
1 Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 - minke whale
2 Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 - Sei whale
3 Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 - Bryde's whale
4 Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) - blue whale
5 Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - fin whale