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
             Mysticeti Cope, 1891 see Parvorder Mysticeti Cope, 1891
               Chaeomysticeti Mitchell, 1989
                 Balaenomorpha Geisler & Sanders, 2003
                   Family Balaenidae Gray, 1821 - right whales
                     1 Genus Eubalaena Gray, 1864 - right whale
                     2 Genus Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 [monotypic] - bowhead whale, Greenland right whale
                     3 Genus †Balaenella Bisconti, 2005
                     4 Genus †Balaenula Van Beneden, 1872
                     5 Genus †Idiocetus Capellini, 1876
                     6 Genus †Morenocetus Cabrera, 1926