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Taxon: Family Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 - pocket gophers (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Geomyoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Original entries

Questionably Diplolophus (Genus) Troxell, 1923
Questionably Entoptychinae (Subfamily) Miller & Gidley, 1918
Questionably Heteromyinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1868
Questionably Lignimus (Genus) Storer, 1970
Questionably Schizodontomys (Genus) Rensberger, 1973

Subsequent entries

Geomyinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Current position

Geomyoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 181.

Alternative positions

Castorimorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1955 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Castorimorphi (Infraorder) Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 146.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899) Ref: J.L. Patton, 1993: 469.
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1047.

Historical positions

Castorimorphi (Infraorder) Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Castorimorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1955 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Geomyoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 181.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899) Ref: J.L. Patton, 1993: 469; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 146.
Geomyoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 636.
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1047.
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Geomyoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 583.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 11g;94s;24ss; †25g;4s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [11g;94s; †25g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58 6g;40s
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [11g; †25g]
1993 J.L. Patton 5g;35s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [5g];~35s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 8g;40s
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