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 Megaptera Gray, 1846 - humpback whale
           Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - humpback whale