Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887 - East African mole-rats
         1 Genus Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835 - African mole-rats
         2 Genus Rhizomys Gray, 1831 - bamboo rats
         3 Genus Cannomys Thomas, 1915 - lesser bamboo rat