Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Peramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889
       Family Peramelidae Gray, 1825 - bandicoots
         Subfamily Echymiperinae McKenna & Bell, 1997
           Genus Echymipera Lesson, 1842 - New Guinean spiny bandicoots
             Echymipera rufescens (Peters & Doria, 1875) - rufous spiny bandicoot
               1 [Echymipera rufescens rufescens]ᵀ (Peters & Doria, 1875)
               2 Echymipera rufescens australis Tate, 1948