Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855

Original entries

Questionably Ptilocercinae (Subfamily) Lyon, 1913
Questionably Tupaiinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825

Current position

Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Menotyphla (Suborder) (Haeckel)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1025.
Tupaiiformes (Infraorder)	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 618.

Historical positions

Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855	Ref: K.M. Helgen, 2005: 104.
Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 356.
Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855	Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 131; 4.
Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 39.
Scandentia (Order) Wagner, 1855	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.
Menotyphla (Suborder) (Haeckel)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1025.
Lemuriformes (Infraorder) Gregory, 1915	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Tupaiiformes (Infraorder)	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 618.
Prosimii (Suborder) Illiger, 1811	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;19s;42ss; †2g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	4g;19s;42ss; †2g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57	4g;19s
2005	K.M. Helgen	[4g;19s;42ss]
(2000)		5g19s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[5g; †2g]
1993	D.E. Wilson	5g;19s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[5g];~16s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	5g;15s