 Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
 Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
 Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
 Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
 Subfamily Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
         Genus Dephomys Thomas, 1926 - Defua rats
 Genus Dephomys Thomas, 1926 - Defua rats
           1 Dephomys defua (Miller, 1900)
 1 Dephomys defua (Miller, 1900)
           2 Dephomys eburnea (Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967)
 2 Dephomys eburnea (Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967)