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 Cricetomys Waterhouse, 1840 - giant pouched rats
1 Cricetomys emini Wroughton, 1910
2 Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse, 1840