Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899

Original entries

Questionably Atherurinae (Subfamily) Lyon, 1907
Questionably Hystricinae (Subfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Current position

Hystricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.

Alternative positions

Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 773.
Hystricomorpha (Infraorder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 199.

Historical positions

Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 191.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 773; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 199.
Hystricomorpha (Infraorder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Hystricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.
Hystricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 591.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;11s;11ss; †3g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3g;11s; †3g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	3g;11s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g; †3g]
1993	C.A. Woods	3g;11s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[3g];~11s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	4g;15s