Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Original entries

Questionably †Cardiomyinae (Subfamily) Kraglievich, 1930
Questionably Caviinae (Subfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Questionably Dolichotinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1922
Questionably †Strata (Genus) Ameghino, 1886

Current position

Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 778.
Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 201.

Historical positions

Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 200.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 778; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 201.
Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051; 1050.
Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5g;14s; †16g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5g;14s; †16g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	6g;20s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[5g; †16g]
1993	C.A. Woods	5g;14s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[5g];~16[17]s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2sf;5g;12s