Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
Genus Malacomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 - big-eared swamp rats
Malacomys verschureni Verheyen & Van der Straeten, 1977