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
         Genus Brachyuromys Forsyth Major, 1896
           1 Brachyuromys betsileoensis Bartlett, 1879[1880]
           2 Brachyuromys ramirohitra Major, 1896