The Taxonomicon
Home
Site map | Contact
Under construction
Taxon: Family Heteromyidae Gray, 1868 - pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice (mammal)
 Entity: 

Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Geomyoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Current position

Geomyoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1845 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 636.

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: 148.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899) Ref: J.L. Patton, 1993: 477.
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.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899) Ref: J.L. Patton, 1993: 477; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 148.
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: 584.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6g;59s;13ss; †11g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Feb 2022 [6g;59s; †11g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58 6g;62s
1993 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 7 6g;59s
1993 J.L. Patton 6g;59s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [6g];~60s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 5g;75s
©2004-2024 Universal Taxonomic Services
Last updated: 1 Feb 2024