[[File:Velociraptor osmolenskkae-mongoliensis skull.png|thumb|Confronto delle [[Osso mascellare|ossa mascellari]] di ''V. osmolskae'' e ''V. mongoliensis''.]]
''Velociraptor'' isè aun membermembro ofdella the subfamily[[sottofamiglia]] [[Velociraptorinae]], aun sottogruppo [[derivedSinapomorfia|derivato]] sub-groupdalla of the larger familyfamiglia [[Dromaeosauridae]]. InNella [[phylogenetictassonomia]] taxonomy[[filogenetica]], Velociraptorinae isè usuallynormalmente defineddefinito ascome "alltutti dromaeosaursi moredromaeosauridi closelypiù relatedimparentati toa ''Velociraptor'' thanche toa ''[[Dromaeosaurus]]''.". La classifica dei Dromaeosauriddromaeosauridi classificationperò isè highlymolto variablevariabile. OriginallyIn principio, thela subfamilysottofamiglia Velociraptorinae wasfu erectederetta solelysolo toper containcontenere ''Velociraptor''.<ref name=barsbold1983/> OtherAltre analysesanalisi havehanno includedincluso otheraltri genera,generi usuallycome ''[[Deinonychus]]'' ande ''[[Saurornitholestes]]''.<ref name=currie1995>{{cite_journal |doi=10.1080/02724634.1995.10011250 |last=Currie |first=Philip J. |authorlink=Phil Currie |year=1995 |title=New information on the anatomy and relationships of ''Dromaeosaurus albertensis'' (Dinosauria: Theropoda) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=576–591 |url=http://vertpaleo.org/publications/jvp/15-576-591.cfm}}</ref> AUn recentanalisi [[cladisticcladistica]] analysisrecente indicatedindicò ache Velociraptorinae fosse [[monophyleticMonofilia|monofiletico]], Velociraptorinaee containingche conteneva ''Velociraptor'', ''Deinonychus'', ''[[Tsaagan]]'', ande a closely relatedl'imparentato (butma uncertainlyincertamente positionedposizionato) ''Saurornitholestes''.<ref name=norelletal2006>{{cite_journal |last=Norell |first=Mark A. |last2=Clark |first2=James M. |last3=Turner |first3=Alan H. |last4=Makovicky |first4=Peter J. |last5=Barsbold |first5=Rinchen |last6=Rowe |first6=Timothy |year=2006 |title=A new dromaeosaurid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod (Omnogov, Mongolia) |journal=American Museum Novitates |volume=3545 |pages=1–51 |id={{hdl|2246/5823}} |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3545[1:ANDTFU]2.0.CO;2}}</ref>
In the past, other dromaeosaurid species, including ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' and ''Saurornitholestes langstoni'', have sometimes been classified in the genus ''Velociraptor''. Since ''Velociraptor'' was the first to be named, these species were renamed ''Velociraptor antirrhopus'' and ''V. langstoni''.<ref name=paul1988>{{cite book |last=Paul |first=Gregory S. |authorlink=Gregory S. Paul |year=1988 |title=Predatory Dinosaurs of the World |location=New York |publisher=Simon and Schuster |pages=464 |isbn=978-0-671-61946-6}}</ref> However, the only currently recognized species of ''Velociraptor'' are ''V. mongoliensis''<ref name=barsboldosmolska1999/><ref name=paul2002/><ref name=norellmakovicky2004>{{cite_book |last=Norell |first=Mark A. |last2=Makovicky |first2=Peter J. |year=2004 |chapter=Dromaeosauridae |editor1-link=David B. Weishampel |editor1-last=Weishampel |editor1-first=David B. |editor2-link=Peter Dodson |editor2-last=Dodson |editor2-first=Peter |editor3-last=Osmólska |editor3-first=Halszka |title=The Dinosauria |edition=Second |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |pages=196–209 |isbn=0-520-24209-2}}</ref> and ''V. osmolskae''.<ref name=PGetal2008/>
