Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
         Genus Mastomys Thomas, 1915 - multimammate rats
           1 Mastomys angolensis (Bocage, 1890)
           2 Mastomys coucha (A. Smith, 1836)
           3 Mastomys erythroleucus (Temminck, 1853)
           4 Mastomys huberti Wroughton, 1909 see Mastomys hildebrandtii (Peters, 1878)
           5 Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834) - Natal multimammate rat
           6 Mastomys pernanus (Kershaw, 1921)
           7 Mastomys shortridgei (St. Leger, 1933) - Shortridge's mouse
           8 Mastomys verheyeni Robbins & Van der Straeten, 1989