Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839

Original entries

Questionably †Acaremyinae (Subfamily) Ameghino, 1902
Questionably Aconaemys (Genus) Ameghino, 1891
Questionably †Phtoramys (Genus) Ameghino, 1887
Questionably †Tarijamys (Genus) Takai, Arozqueta, Mizuno, Yoshida & Kondo, 1984

Subsequent entries

Octodontinae (Subfamily) Waterhouse, 1839

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 204.

Current position

Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839

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

Alternative positions

Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 787.
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

Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
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: 203.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 787; 7.
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: 1053; 1051.
Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 592.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7g;10s;3ss; †10g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Feb 2022	[6g;10s; †10g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	8g;13s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[7g; †16g]
1993	C.A. Woods	6g;9s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[5g];~9s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	5g;8s