Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Nesomyinae Forsyth Major, 1897 - Madagascan rats
         1 Genus Macrotarsomys Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1898
         2 Genus Nesomys Peters, 1870
         3 Genus Brachytarsomys Günther, 1875
         4 Genus Eliurus Milne-Edwards, 1885
         5 Genus Gymnuromys Forsyth Major, 1896 - voalavoanala
         6 Genus Hypogeomys Grandidier, 1869 - Malagasy giant rat
         7 Genus Brachyuromys Forsyth Major, 1896
         8 Genus Mystromys Wagner, 1841 - white-tailed rat