Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Caviida (Parvorder) Bryant & McKenna, 1995

Subsequent entries

Agoutidae (Family) Gray, 1821
Caviidae (Family) Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Dasyproctidae (Family) Gray, 1825
Dinomyidae (Family) Peters, 1873
†Eocardiidae (Family) Ameghino, 1891
Hydrochoeridae (Family) Gray, 1825

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: 196.
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: 1050.

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: 196.
Caviomorpha (Infraorder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 638.
Hystricomorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1050.
Caviomorpha (Suborder) Wood & Patterson, 1955	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4f;9g;31s; †1f;49g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Jun 2022	[4f;9g;31s; †1f;49g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27)	[3f]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[4f;10g; †1f;71g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 639	[2f; †1f]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	4f;[11g;26s]