Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Platacanthomyinae Alston, 1876 - spiny dormice
see Family Platacanthomyidae Alston, 1876
Genus Platacanthomys Blyth, 1859 - spiny dormouse
1 Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth, 1859 - Malabar spiny dormouse