Mastomys natalensis (Hildebrandt's multimammate 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 Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)
        
        Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
        
        Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives)
        
        Subfamily Murinae (Old World rats and mice)
        
        Genus Mastomys (multimammate mice)
        
        Species Mastomys natalensis (Hildebrandt's multimammate mouse)