Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Status: extant
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
  Status: extant
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
    Status: extant
       Subdivision Bilateralia
      Status: extant
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
        Status: extant
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
          Status: extant
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
            Status: extant
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
              Status: extant
                 Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
                Status: extant
                   Suborder Hystricomorpha Brandt, 1855
                  Status: extant
                     ?Superfamily Petromuroidea Tullberg, 1899 see Superfamily Thryonomyoidea Pocock, 1922
                    Status: extant
                       Family Thryonomyidae Pocock, 1922 - cane rats
                      Status: extant
                         Genus Thryonomys Fitzinger, 1867 - cane rats
                        Status: extant
                           Thryonomys gregorianus (Thomas, 1894) - lesser cane rat
                          Status: extant
                           Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827) - greater cane rat
                          Status: extant