Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 - gerbils
         Genus Gerbillurus Shortridge, 1942 - southern pygmy gerbils
           1 Gerbillurus paeba A. Smith, 1836 - hairy-footed gerbil
           2 Gerbillurus setzeri Schlitter, 1973 - Setzer's hairy-footed gerbil
           3 Gerbillurus tytonis Bauer & Niethammer, 1959[1960] - dune hairy-footed gerbil
           4 Gerbillurus vallinus Thomas, 1918 - bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil