Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839

Original entries

Questionably †Aphaetreus (Genus) Miller, 1922
Questionably Geocapromys (Genus) Chapman, 1901
Questionably Hexolobodon (Genus) Miller, 1929
Questionably Hexolobodontinae (Subfamily) Woods, 1989
Questionably Isolobodon (Genus) Allen, 1916
Questionably Isolobodontinae (Subfamily) Woods, 1989
Questionably †Macrocapromys (Genus) Arredondo, 1958
Questionably Plagiodontinae (Subfamily) Ellerman, 1940
Questionably Quemisia (Genus) Miller, 1929
Questionably Rhizoplagiodontia (Genus) Woods, 1989
Questionably †Zazamys (Genus) MacPhee & Iturralde-Vinent, 1995

Subsequent entries

Capromys (Genus) Desmarest, 1822
Plagiodontia (Genus) Cuvier, 1836

Current position

Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 208.

Alternative positions

Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 800.
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: 203.

Historical positions

Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 208.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 800; 8.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 203.
Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1052-1053; 1051.
Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 593.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;12s;1ss; ‡4g;12s;1ss; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3g;12s; ‡4g;12s; †3g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	8g;20s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g; ‡2g; †5g]
1993	C.A. Woods	8[5]g;20[12]s; ‡[3g;11s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2g];14s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3g;10[7]s; ‡3s