Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
       Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
         Subfamily Dendromurinae Allen, 1939 - African climbing mice
           1 Genus Dendromus Smith, 1829 - African climbing mice
           2 Genus Dendroprionomys Petter, 1966
           3 Genus Deomys Thomas, 1888 - Congo forest mouse
           4 Genus Leimacomys Matschie, 1893 - groove-toothed forest mouse
           5 Genus Malacothrix Wagner, 1843 - gerbil mouse
           6 Genus Megadendromus Dieterlen & Rupp, 1978
           7 Genus Prionomys Dollman, 1910 - Dollman's tree mouse
           8 Genus Steatomys Peters, 1846 - fat mice