Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
     Suborder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed whales see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
       Family Physeteridae Gray, 1821 - sperm whales
         Genus Kogia Gray, 1846 - pygmy and dwarf sperm whales
           Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) - pygmy sperm whale