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Taxon: Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia

Subsequent positions

Hystricognatha (Suborder) Woods, 1976

Original entries

Questionably Caviida (Parvorder) Bryant & McKenna, 1995
Questionably Diamantomyidae (Family) Schaub, 1958
Questionably Kenyamyidae (Family) Lavocat, 1973
Questionably Luribayomys (Genus) Hoffstetter & Lavocat, 1976
Questionably Myophiomyidae (Family) Lavocat, 1973
Questionably Petromuridae (Family) Tullberg, 1899
Questionably Phiomyidae (Family) Wood, 1955
Questionably Thryonomyidae (Family) Pocock, 1922

Subsequent entries

Bathyergomorphi (Parvorder) Tullberg, 1899 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 195.
Erethizontidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845
Hystricidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Current position

Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Hystricognatha (Suborder) Woods, 1976 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 191.

Historical positions

Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Hystricognatha (Suborder) Woods, 1976 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 191.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 18f;61g;224s;17ss; ‡1f;11g;24s;1ss; †8f;166g;9s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Feb 2022 [17f;58g;224s; ‡1f;11g; †7f;163g]
2020 C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27) [15f]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58 18[17]f
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [14f;53g; ‡3g; †8f;170g]
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