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 Chiropodomys Peters, 1868 - pencil-tailed tree mice
Chiropodomys karlkoopmani Musser, 1979