Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Dendromurinae Allen, 1939 - African climbing mice
         Genus Steatomys Peters, 1846 - fat mice
           1 Steatomys caurinus Thomas, 1912
           2 Steatomys cuppedius Thomas & Hinton, 1920
           3 Steatomys jacksoni Hayman, 1935[1936]
           4 Steatomys krebsii Peters, 1852 - Krebs' fat mouse
           5 Steatomys parvus Rhoads, 1896 - tiny fat mouse
           6 Steatomys pratensis Peters, 1846 - common fat mouse