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Agoutidae
Gray, 1821
(mammal)
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Cavioidea (Superfamily)
..Caviidae (Family) - cavies and Patagonian "hares"
..Cuniculidae (Family)
..Dasyproctidae (Family) - agoutis and pacas
..†Eocardiidae (Family)
..Hydrochoeridae (Family)
..[Agoutidae] (Family)
....[Agoutinae] (Subfamily)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Rodentia
Subsequent positions
Cavioidea
(Superfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Original entries
Questionably
Agoutinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Questionably
Dasyproctinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1825
Questionably
†
Scotamys
(Genus)
Loomis, 1914
Current position
Cavioidea
(Superfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 196.
Alternative positions
Hystricognathi
(Suborder)
Tullberg, 1899
Ref:
C.A. Woods, 1993
: 783.
Historical positions
Cavioidea
(Superfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 196.
Hystricognathi
(Suborder)
Tullberg, 1899
Ref:
C.A. Woods, 1993
: 783; 7.
Number of Subtaxa
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[3g; †10g]
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[3g; †10g]
1993
C.A. Woods
1g;2s
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1 Feb 2024