Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899
       Family Capromyidae Smith, 1842 - hutias and nutria
         Subfamily Capromyinae Smith, 1842 see Family Capromyidae Smith, 1842
           Genus Mysateles Lesson, 1842 see Genus Capromys Desmarest, 1822
             Mysateles meridionalis (Varona, 1986) see Capromys meridionalis