Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Platacanthomyidae
Subsequent positions
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
		Historical positions
		
			
				| Platacanthomyinae (Subfamily) Alston, 1876 | Ref: 
						
							M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 172. | 
				
					| Platacanthomyinae (Subfamily) Alston, 1876 | Ref: 
							
								G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 684. | 
					
						| Platacanthomyinae (Subfamily) Alston, 1876 | Ref: 
								
									G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 166. | 
						
							| Platacanthomyidae (Family) Alston, 1876 | Ref: 
									
										A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1050. | 
							
								| Platacanthomyidae (Family) Alston, 1876 | Ref: 
										
											I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 590. | 
							
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