Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Afrosoricida Stanhope, 1998
       Suborder Chrysochloridea Broom, 1915
         Family Chrysochloridae Gray, 1825 - golden moles
           Subfamily Chrysochlorinae Gray, 1825
             Genus Eremitalpa Roberts, 1924 - Grant's desert golden mole
               Eremitalpa granti (Broom, 1907) - Grant's golden mole
                 Eremitalpa granti namibensis Bauer & Niethammer, 1959