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 Cricetomyinae Roberts, 1951 - African pouched rats
Genus Beamys Thomas, 1909 - long-tailed pouched rats
1 Beamys hindei Thomas, 1909 - long-tailed pouched rat
2 Beamys major Dollman, 1914