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 Bathyergoidea Waterhouse, 1841
                       Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 - African mole-rats
                         Genus Cryptomys Gray, 1864 - common mole-rats
                           Cryptomys zechi (Matschie, 1900)