Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833

Original entries

Questionably Chinchillinae (Subfamily) Bennett, 1833
Questionably †Eoviscaccia (Genus) Vucetich, 1989
Questionably Lagostominae (Subfamily) Wiegmann, 1832

Subsequent entries

Chinchilla (Genus) Bennett, 1829

Current position

Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833

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

Alternative positions

Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 777.
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: 202.

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.
Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 209.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 777; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 202.
Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1052; 1051.
Chinchilloidea (Superfamily) Bennett, 1833	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;6s; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	3g;6s; †[3g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	3g;7s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g; †3g]
1993	C.A. Woods	3g;6s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[3g];~6s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3g;6s