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 major Thomas, 1893 - pencil-tailed tree mouse