After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Marivaux, Vianey-Liaud, Welcomme & Jaeger, 2002, López Antoñanzas & Sen, 2004, and López-Antoñanzas, Sen & Saraç, 2004

<==o Ctenodactylidae Gervais, 1853 [taxonomic history] (gundis; kampavarvasrotat, gundit)
   |?-o †Distylomyinae Wang, 1988 [Distylomyidae Wang, 1988 sensu Bi et al., 2009]
   |  |--o †Prodistylomys Wang & Qi, 1989; E.Mioc. As.
   |  |  |-- †P. xinjiangensis Wang & Qi, 1989
   |  |  |-- †P. lii Bi, Meng, Wu, Ye & Ni, 2009
   |  |  `-- †P. wangae Bi, Meng, Wu, Ye & Ni, 2009
   |  `--o †Distylomys Wang, 1988; L.Olig.-M.Mioc. As.
   |     |-- †D. qianlishanensis Wang, 1988
   |     `--+-- †D. burqinensis Bi, Meng, Wu, Ye & Ni, 2009
   |        `-- †D. tedfordi Wang, 1988
   |?-o Ctenodactylinae [Ctenodactylidae sensu stricto?]
   |  |--o Ctenodactylus Gray, 1830; R. Af.
   |  |  |-- C. gundi (gundi)
   |  |  `-- C. vali (aavikkogundi)
   |  |-- Felovia vae Lataste, 1886; R. Af. (länsiafrikangundi)
   |  |-- Massoutiera mzabi Lataste, 1885; R. Af. (mzabingundi)
   |  `--o Pectinator Blyth, 1856 [Petrobates Heuglin, 1860] ?L.Plioc. As., R. Af.
   |     `-- P. spekei Blyth, 1856 (spekengundi, spekenkampavarvasrotta)
   `--+--o †Tataromys Matthew & Granger, 1923 [†Leptotataromys Bohlin, 1946] U.Olig.-L.Mioc. As.
      |  |-- †T. minor
      |  |-- †T. plicidens [= Roborovskia collega Shevyreva, 1994??]
      |  |-- †T. deflexus Teilhard de Chardin
      |  |-- †T. gobiensis Kowalski 
      |  |-- †T. sigmodon Matthew & Granger, 1923
      |  `-- †T. sp. cf. T. sigmodon Matthew & Granger, 1923 [U. Olig. EAs.] [Wang & Qiu, 2004]
      `--+-- †Prosayimys flynni Baskin, 1996
         `==o †Sayimys A.E. Wood, 1937; L.Mioc.-L.Plioc. As. Plioc. Af. [paraphyletic]
            |?- †S. badauni Vasishat, 1985
            |--+-- †S. obliquidens Bohlin, 1946 [incl.? †Asiazapus ingens Lopatin & Zazhigin, 2000]
            |  `-- †S. giganteus López-Antoñanzas, Sen & Saraç, 2004
            `--+-- †S. assarrarensis López-Antoñanzas & Sen, 2004
               `--+--o †Metasayimys Lavocat, 1961 [†Dubiomys Lavocat, 1961] L.-M.Mioc. SWAs. U.Mioc. Af.
                  |  `-- †M. cruvidens
                  `--+-- †S. baskini López-Antoñanzas, Sen, 2003
                     `--+-- †S. intermedius (Sen & Thomas, 1979) [incl. Sayimys minor de Bruijn, Hussain & Leinders, 1981] [Metasayimys intermedius Sen & Thomas, 1979]
                        `-- †S. sivalensis (Hinton, 1933) [Africanomys sivalensis (Hinton) Wood, 1937] [incl. Sayimys perplexus Wood, 1937; Sayimys chinjiensis Baskin, 1996]

Ctenodactylidae incertae sedis:

Africanomys Lavocat, 1961 [= †Metasayimys Lavocat, 1961?] M.-U.Mioc. Af.
    †Akzharomys Shevyreva, 1994; L.Mioc. As.
    †Irhoudia bohlini Jaeger, 1971; U.Mioc.-L.Pleist. NAf.
    †Karakoromys decessus Matthew & Granger, 1923 [†Terrarboreus Shevyreva, 1971; †Woodromys Shevyreva, 1968 (nomen nudum, lapsus calami?); †Woodomys Shevyreva, 1971] L.-?U.Olig. As.
    †Muratkhanomys velivolus Shevyreva, 1994 [= Tataromys sigmodon; Wang, 1997b]; L.Olig. As.
    †Pellegrinia de Gregorio, 1886 [†Pellegrina de Gregorio, 1886; †Pellegrinia Zittel, 1893; non Pellegrinia Sleumer, a genus of heathers (Angiospermata: Dilleniidae: Ericaceae)] Pleist. SEu.[<Sicily>]
    †Pireddamys rayi de Bruijn & Rümke, 1974; L.Mioc. SEu. [<Sardinia>]
    †ProtataromysRoborovskia collega Shevyreva, 1994 [= Tataromys plicidens; Wang, 1997b] L.Olig. As.
    †Sardomys de Bruijn & Rümke, 1974; L.Mioc. SEu. [<Sardinia>]
      †S. dawsonae de Bruijn & Rümke, 1974
      †S. antoniettae de Bruijn & Rümke, 1974
    †Testouromys Robinson & Black, 1973; U.Mioc. Af.
    †Yindirtemys Bohlin, 1946; U.Olig.-L.Mioc. As.
      †Y. ambiguusY. deflexusY. grangeriY. suniY. woodi

Reference(s):