Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
         Genus Praomys Thomas, 1915 - African soft-furred rats
           Praomys derooi Van der Straeten & Verheyen, 1978 see Myomys derooi Van der Straeten & Verheyen, 1978