living organisms
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Superkingdom Eukaryotae
see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
Order Mysticeta
see Parvorder Mysticeti Cope, 1891
Family Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 - rorquals
Genus Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 - rorquals
1 Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) - blue whale
2 Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - fin whale
3 Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 - Sei whale
4 Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 - Bryde's whale
5 Balaenoptera acutorostra
see Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804