Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
                   Suborder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed whales see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
                     Superfamily Physeteroidea Gray, 1821
                       Family Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 - beaked whales
                         Genus Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937 - Shepherd's beaked whale
                           Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 - Shepherd's beaked whale