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 Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887 - East African mole-rats
           Genus Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835 - African mole-rats
             Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Rüppell, 1842 - giant mole-rat