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 Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
           Genus Malacomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 - big-eared swamp rats
             1 Malacomys cansdalei Ansell, 1958
             2 Malacomys edwardsi Rochebrune, 1885
             3 Malacomys longipes Milne-Edwards, 1877
             4 Malacomys lukolelae (Hatt, 1934)
             5 Malacomys verschureni Verheyen & Van der Straeten, 1977