Castorimorpha

Castorimorpha

Castorimorpha
Fossil range: Early Eocene to Recent

Kangaroo rat

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Suborder: Castorimorpha
Wood, 1955

Extant Families

Superfamily Castoroidea:

Castoridae

Superfamily Geomyoidea:

Heteromyidae

Geomyidae

Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodents containing the beavers, the pocket gophers, and the kangaroo rats and mice.

Taxonomy

Suborder Castorimorpha
- Superfamily Castoroidea
  - Family †Eutypomyidae
  - Family Castoridae - beavers
  - Family †Rhizospalacidae
- Infraorder Geomorpha
  - Genus †Griphomys - incertae sedis
  - Genus †Meliakrouniomys - incertae sedis
  - Superfamily †Eomyoidea
    - Family †Eomyidae
  - Superfamily Geomyoidea
    - Genus †Floresomys - incertae sedis
    - Genus †Texomys - incertae sedis
    - Genus †Jimomys - incertae sedis
    - Genus †Heliscomys - incertae sedis
    - Family †Florentiamyidae
    - Genus †Diplolophus - incertae sedis
    - Genus †Schizodontomys - incertae sedis
    - Family †Entoptychidae
    - Family Geomyidae - pocket gophers
    - Family Heteromyidae - kangaroo rats and mice

† indicates extinct taxa.

Carleton, M. D. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Order Rodentia. Pp 745-752 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8

v • d • e Rodent Families

Sciuromorpha	†Allomyidae · Aplodontiidae · †Mylagaulidae · †Reithroparamyidae · Sciuridae · Gliridae

Castorimorpha	†Eutypomyidae · Castoridae · †Rhizospalacidae · †Eomyidae · †Florentiamyidae · †Heliscomyidae · Heteromyidae · Geomyidae

Myomorpha	†Armintomyidae · Dipodidae · †Anomalomyidae · †Simimyidae · Platacanthomyidae · Spalacidae · Calomyscidae · Nesomyidae · Cricetidae · Muridae

Anomaluromorpha	Anomaluridae · †Parapedetidae · Pedetidae

Hystricomorpha	†Tamquammyidae · †Gobiomyidae · Ctenodactylidae · Diatomyidae · †Yuomyidae · †Chapattimyidae · †Tsaganomyidae · †"Baluchimyinae" · †Bathyergoididae · Bathyergidae · Hystricidae · †Myophiomyidae · †Diamantomyidae · †Phiomyidae · †Kenyamyidae · Petromuridae · Thryonomyidae · Erethizontidae · Chinchillidae · Dinomyidae · †Cephalomyidae · Caviidae · Dasyproctidae · †Eocardiidae · Cuniculidae · Ctenomyidae · Octodontidae · †Neoepiblemidae · Abrocomidae · Echimyidae · Myocastoridae · Capromyidae · †Heptaxodontidae

Prehistoric rodents (incertae sedis)	†Eurymylidae · †Alagomyidae · †Archetypomyidae · †Cocomyidae · †Ivanantoniidae · †Laredomyidae · †Ischyromyidae · †Theridomyidae · †Protoptychidae · †Zegdoumyidae · †Sciuravidae · †Cylindrodontidae · †Zelomyidae

† indicates extinct taxa

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