- Castorimorpha
Taxobox
name = Castorimorpha
fossil_range = EarlyEocene to Recent
image_width = 200px
image_caption =Kangaroo rat
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Rodent ia
subordo = Castorimorpha
subordo_authority = Wood, 1955
subdivision_ranks = Extant Families
subdivision =SuperfamilyCastoroidea :
*Castoridae SuperfamilyGeomyoidea :
*Heteromyidae
*Geomyidae Castorimorpha is the suborder of
rodent s containing thebeaver s, thepocket gopher s, and the kangaroo rats and mice.Taxonomy
*Suborder Castorimorpha
**SuperfamilyCastoroidea
***Family †Eutypomyidae
***FamilyCastoridae - beavers
***Family †Rhizospalacidae
**InfraorderGeomorpha
***Genus †"Griphomys " - "incertae sedis "
***Genus †"Meliakrouniomys - "incertae sedis"
***Superfamily †Eomyoidea
****Family †Eomyidae
***SuperfamilyGeomyoidea
****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
****FamilyGeomyidae - pocket gophers
****FamilyHeteromyidae - kangaroo rats and mice† indicates extinct taxa.
References
*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
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