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Monotypic taxon: Superfamily Erethizontoidea Bonaparte, 1845 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855

Current position

Caviomorpha (Parvorder) Wood & Patterson, 1955

Ref: D'Elía et al., 2019: fig. 3 [inferred rank] [implicit]

Alternative positions

*Caviomorpha* (Suborder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.
*Caviomorpha* (Infraorder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 639.
*Hystricognathi* (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
*Hystricomorpha* (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1050.

Historical positions

*Hystricognathi* (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
*Caviomorpha* (Infraorder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 639.
*Hystricomorpha* (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1050.
*Caviomorpha* (Suborder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;3g;12s; ‡1s; †7g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Jun 2022	[1f;3g;12s; †7g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27)	[1f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 639	[1f]
1982	A.F. DeBlase: 1050	1f;[4g;8s]

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