Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 - amniotes
           Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
               Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Tubulidentata Huxley, 1872 [monotypic] - aardvark
                     Family Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821 - aardvark