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Taxon: Superfamily Cavioidea Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (mammal)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
                     Suborder Hystricomorpha Brandt, 1855
                       Superfamily Cavioidea Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
                         1 Family Caviidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - cavies and Patagonian "hares"
                         2 Family Hydrochoeridae Gray, 1825
                         3 Family Dinomyidae Peters, 1873 - pacarana
                         4 Family Dasyproctidae Gray, 1825 - agoutis and pacas

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