Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Caviida (Parvorder) Bryant & McKenna, 1995

Subsequent entries

Abrocomidae (Family) Miller & Gidley, 1918
Chinchillidae (Family) Bennett, 1833
†Neoepiblemidae (Family) Kraglievich, 1926

Current position

Caviomorpha (Parvorder) Wood & Patterson, 1955

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

Alternative positions

Caviida (Parvorder) Bryant & McKenna, 1995	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 209.
Caviomorpha (Suborder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.
Caviomorpha (Infraorder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.

Historical positions

Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Caviida (Parvorder) Bryant & McKenna, 1995	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 209.
Caviomorpha (Infraorder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.
Caviomorpha (Suborder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2f;4g;7s; †1f;29g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Jun 2022	[2f;4g;7s; †1f;29g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27)	[2f]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[2f;4g; †1f;7g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 638	[3f]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1f;[3g;6s]