Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899)
see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
Family Heteromyidae Gray, 1868 - pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice
Subfamily Heteromyinae Gray, 1868 - pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice
Genus Heteromys Desmarest, 1817 - forest spiny pocket mice
Heteromys desmarestianus Gray, 1868 - Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse