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
 see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
            
 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 Physeteridae Gray, 1821 - sperm whales
                        
 Genus Kogia Gray, 1846 - pygmy and dwarf sperm whales
                          
 Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) - pygmy sperm whale