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
         Genus Cannomys Thomas, 1915 - lesser bamboo rat
           1 Cannomys badius (Hodgson, 1841) - lesser bamboo rat