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 Mastomys Thomas, 1915 - multimammate rats
             1 Mastomys angolensis (Bocage, 1890)
             2 Mastomys coucha (A. Smith, 1836)
             3 Mastomys erythroleucus (Temminck, 1853)
             4 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