Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Cricetomyinae Roberts, 1951 - African pouched rats
Genus Saccostomus Peters, 1846 - short-tailed pouched rats
Saccostomus mearnsi Heller, 1910