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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Rodentia (rodents)
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Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)-
Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
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Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives)
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Subfamily Murinae (Old World rats and mice)
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Genus Arvicanthis (grass rats)-
Species Arvicanthis abyssinicus (Abyssinian grass rat) -
Species Arvicanthis ansorgei (Sudanian arvicanthis)
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Species Arvicanthis blicki (Blick's grass rat)
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Species Arvicanthis nairobae (Nairobi grass rat)
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Species Arvicanthis neumanni (Neumann's grass rat)
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Species Arvicanthis niloticus (African grass rat)
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Species Arvicanthis rufinus (Guinean arvicanthis)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
