Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 - gerbils
Genus Gerbillurus Shortridge, 1942 - southern pygmy gerbils
Gerbillurus setzeri Schlitter, 1973 - Setzer's hairy-footed gerbil