Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Scandentia Wagner, 1855 - tree shrews
       Family Tupaiidae Gray, 1825 - tree shrews
         Genus Anathana Lyon, 1913 - Indian tree shrew
           1 Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse, 1849[1850]) - Indian tree shrew