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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 Melomys (banana rats and mosaic-tailed rat)-
Species Melomys aerosus (dusky mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys arcium (Rossel Island melomys)
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Species Melomys bannisteri (Great Key Island melomys)
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Species Melomys bougainville (Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys burtoni (grassland mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys capensis (Cape York mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys caurinus (short-tailed Talaud melomys)
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Species Melomys cervinipes (fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys cooperae (Yamdena Island melomys)
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Species Melomys dollmani (Dollman's melomys)
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Species Melomys fraterculus (Manusela mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys frigicola (Snow Mountains grassland melomys)
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Species Melomys fulgens (Seram long-tailed melomys)
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Species Melomys howi (Riama Island melomys)
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Species Melomys leucogaster (white-bellied mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys lutillus (Papua grassland melomys)
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Species Melomys matambuai (Manus Island melomys)
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Species Melomys obiensis (Obi mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys paveli (Pavel's Seram melomys)
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Species Melomys rubicola (Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys rufescens (black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys spechti (Specht's mosaic-tailed rat)
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Species Melomys talaudium (long-tailed Talaud melomys)
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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.
