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 Dendromurinae Allen, 1939 - African climbing mice
           Genus Dendromus Smith, 1829 - African climbing mice
             Dendromus messorius Thomas, 1903