Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Caviida (Parvorder) Bryant & McKenna, 1995

Original entries

Questionably †Caviocricetus (Genus) Vucetich & Verzi, 1996

Subsequent entries

Capromyidae (Family) Smith, 1842
Ctenomyidae (Family) Lesson, 1842
†Dicolpomys (Genus) Winge, 1887
Echimyidae (Family) Gray, 1825
Heptaxodontidae (Family) Anthony, 1917
†Morenella (Genus) Palmer, 1903
Myocastoridae (Family) Ameghino, 1902
Octodontidae (Family) Waterhouse, 1840
†Plataeomys (Genus) Ameghino, 1881

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: 203.
Caviomorpha (Suborder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 592.
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: 203.
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: 592.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6f;35g;148s;6ss; ‡1f;11g;23s;1ss; †52g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Feb 2022	[6f;32g;148s; ‡1f;11g; †52g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27)	[4f]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3f;26g; ‡3g; †1f;59g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 638	[5f]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[8f]