Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Status: extant
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
  Status: extant
     Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
    Status: extant
       Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
      Status: extant
         Subfamily Platacanthomyinae Alston, 1876 - spiny dormice see Family Platacanthomyidae Alston, 1876
        Status: extant
           Genus Platacanthomys Blyth, 1859 - spiny dormouse
          Status: extant
             1 Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth, 1859 - Malabar spiny dormouse
            Status: extant