Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 - gerbils
Genus Taterillus Thomas, 1910 - small naked-soled gerbils
Taterillus petteri Sicard, Tranier, & Gautun, 1988