Family Aspalacidae Gray 1825 (placental mammal)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. Annals of Philosophy, new series. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe 337-344
Parent taxon: Glires according to J. E. Gray 1825
Sister taxa: Duplicidentata, Eurymylidae, Ierboidae, Lagostomyidae, Mimotonidae, Mixodontia, Ochtodontidae, Rodentia, Rodentiaformes, Simplicidentata, Sinomylus
Subtaxa: Arctomina, Cricetina, Pseudotomina
Ecology: scansorial insectivore