As for the family in which it would be placed (baleen whale, sperm whale, or dolphin), the genus to which it belonged, and the species in which it would find its proper home, these questions had to be left for later.
Quant à la famille dans laquelle il prenait rang, baleine, cachalot ou dauphin, quant au genre dont il faisait partie, quant à l'espèce dans laquelle il convenait de le ranger, c'était une question à élucider ultérieurement.