Elasmodontomys obliquus (plate-toothed mouse) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Hystricomorpha (hystricognath rodents)
        
        Infraorder Hystricognathi (hystricognath rodents)
        
        Family Heptaxodontidae (giant hutias)
        
        Subfamily Heptaxodontinae (Antillean giant hutias)
        
        Genus Elasmodontomys (Puerto Rican giant hutia)
        
        Species Elasmodontomys obliquus (plate-toothed mouse)