Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Myospalacinae Lilljeborg, 1866 - zokors
Genus Myospalax Laxmann, 1769 - mole-rats
Myospalax rothschildi Thomas, 1911 - Rothschild's zokor