Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Original entries

Questionably Cuniculinae (Subfamily) (Miller & Gidley, 1918) Simpson, 1945

Current position

Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

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

Alternative positions

Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 781.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 202.

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.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 781; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 202.
Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1052; 1050.
Cavioidea (Superfamily) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;13s; †10g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Feb 2022	[2g;13s; †10g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	2g;13s
1993	C.A. Woods	2g;13s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill: 202	[3g];~14s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2sf;4g;11s