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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 Aethomys (rock rats)-
Species Aethomys bocagei (Bocage's rock rat)
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Species Aethomys chrysophilus (red rock rat)
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Species Aethomys hindei (Hinde's rock rat)
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Species Aethomys ineptus (Tete Veld aethomys)
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Species Aethomys kaiseri (Kaiser's rock rat)
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Species Aethomys nyikae (Nyika rock rat)
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Species Aethomys silindensis (Silinda rock rat)
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Species Aethomys stannarius (tinfields rock rat)
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Species Aethomys thomasi (Thomas's rock rat)
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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.
