Anomaluridae Pedetidae Zenkerellidae Anomaluromorpha is a clade that unites the anomalures, springhares, and zenkerella.

The suborder Anomaluromorpha was erected to unite sciurognathous rodents with a hystricomorphous zygomasseteric system restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.

Many authors have suggested that the two extant families may be only distantly related, and that they belong to separate suborders or infraorders.

This characteristic, the hystricomorphous zygomatic region, and a common distribution in southern continents has led many researchers to suggest that the springhares (but not anomalures) may be allied with hystricognaths.

Montgelard et al. 2002 generated some support for Anomaluromorpha in a molecular phylogeny using 12S rRNA and cytochrome b.