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