Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Castorina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 131.

Original entries

Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758
Castor moschatus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Castorina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 131. [new position]

Alternative positions

Castoridae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 467.
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 78.

Historical positions

Castorina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 131. [new position]
Castoridae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 467.
Castoridae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 150.
Castoridae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1047.
Castoridae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Castoridae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 584.
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 78.
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 58.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1993	D.E. Wilson	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]