Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 1993: 4
   Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
  Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349; 6
     Suborder Mysticeti Cope, 1891 - baleen whales see Parvorder Mysticeti Cope, 1891
    Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349
       Family Balaenidae Gray, 1821 - right whales
      Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349; 6
         1 Genus Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 - bowhead whale, Greenland right whale
        Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349
         2 Genus Eubalaena Gray, 1864 - right whale
        Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349