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 Melasmothrix Miller & Hollister, 1921 - lesser Sulawesian shrew rat
Melasmothrix naso Miller & Hollister, 1921 - lesser shrew-rat