Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
                   Suborder Hystricomorpha Brandt, 1855
                     Superfamily Hystricoidea Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
                       Family Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - Old World porcupines
                         Genus Atherurus Cuvier, 1829 - brush-tailed porcupines
                           Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 - African brush-tailed porcupine
                           Atherurus centralis Thomas, 1895 see Atherurus africanus centralis Thomas, 1895
                           Atherurus macrourus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
                           Atherurus turneri St. Leger, 1932 see Atherurus africanus turneri St. Leger, 1932