Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Original entries

Questionably †Agnomys (Genus) Kraglievich, 1940, nom. dub.
Questionably Dinomyinae (Subfamily) Peters, 1873
Questionably †Eumegamyinae (Subfamily) Kraglievich, 1926
Questionably †Potamarchinae (Subfamily) Kraglievich, 1926
Questionably †Pseudodiodomus (Genus) Paula Couto, 1979

Current position

Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833

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

Alternative positions

Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 198.
Dinomyoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.
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

Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	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: 198.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 778; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 201.
Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1052; 1050.
Dinomyoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; †23g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; †23g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	1g;1s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g; †22g]
1993	C.A. Woods	1g;1s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];1s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s