Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Scandentia Wagner, 1855 - tree shrews
       Family Tupaiidae Gray, 1825 - tree shrews
         Genus Tupaia Raffles, 1821 - tree shrews
           Tupaia minor Günther, 1876 - pygmy tree shrew
             1 [Tupaia minor minor]ᵀ Günther, 1876
             2 Tupaia minor humeralis Robinson & Kloss, 1919
             3 Tupaia minor malaccana Anderson, 1879
             4 Tupaia minor sincipis Lyon, 1911