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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 Otomyinae (vlei rats and whistling rats)
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Genus Otomys (vlei rats)
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Species Otomys anchietae (Angolan vlei rat) -
Species Otomys angoniensis (Angoni vlei rat)
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Species Otomys barbouri (Barbour's vlei rat)
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Species Otomys burtoni (Burton's vlei rat)
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Species Otomys cuanzensis (Cuanza vlei rat)
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Species Otomys dartmouthi (Ruwenzori vlei rat)
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Species Otomys denti (Dent's vlei rat)
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Species Otomys dollmani (Dollman's vlei rat)
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Species Otomys irroratus (vlei rat)
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Species Otomys jacksoni (Mount Elgon vlei rat)
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Species Otomys lacustris (Tanzanian vlei rat)
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Species Otomys laminatus (laminate vlei rat)
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Species Otomys maximus (large vlei rat)
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Species Otomys occidentalis (western vlei rat)
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Species Otomys orestes (Afroalpine vlei rat)
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Species Otomys saundersiae (Saunders's vlei rat)
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Species Otomys tropicalis (tropical vlei rat)
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Species Otomys typus (typical vlei rat)
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Species Otomys uzungwensis (Uzungwe vlei 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.
