Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Status: extant
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
  Status: extant
     Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
    Status: extant
       Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
      Status: extant
         Suborder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed whales see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
        Status: extant
           Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 - oceanic dolphins
          Status: extant
             Genus Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 - common dolphin, saddleback dolphin
            Status: extant
               Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 - short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin
              Status: extant