Castorimorpha
| Castorimorpha Temporal range: Early Eocene to Recent | |
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| Ord's kangaroo rat | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Castorimorpha Wood, 1955 |
| Extant Families | |
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Superfamily Castoroidea: Superfamily Geomyoidea: | |
Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodents containing the beavers, the pocket gophers, and the kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice.
Taxonomy
- Suborder Castorimorpha
- Superfamily Castoroidea
- Family †Eutypomyidae
- Family Castoridae - beavers
- Family †Rhizospalacidae
- Infraorder Geomorpha
- Superfamily †Eomyoidea
- Family †Eomyidae
- Superfamily Geomyoidea
- Family †Heliscomyidae
- Family †Florentiamyidae
- Family †Entoptychidae
- Family Geomyidae - pocket gophers
- Family Heteromyidae - kangaroo rats and mice
- Superfamily †Eomyoidea
- Superfamily Castoroidea
Incertae sedis
- Genus †Floresomys
- Genus †Texomys
- Genus †Jimomys
- Genus †Diplolophus
- Genus †Schizodontomys
- Genus †Griphomys
- Genus †Meliakrouniomys
† indicates extinct taxa.
References
- Carleton, M. D. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Order Rodentia. Pp 745-752 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
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