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Thryonomyidae (cane rat)
Taxonomy
Thryonomyidae was named by Pocock (1922). It is extant.
It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Phiomorpha by Nowak (1999); to Hystricognathi by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Thryonomyoidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Sallam and Seiffert (2019).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Phiomorpha by Nowak (1999); to Hystricognathi by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Thryonomyoidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Sallam and Seiffert (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Thryonomyidae Pocock |
| 1958 | Thryonomyidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1988 | Thryonomyidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Thryonomyidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Thryonomyidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Thryonomyidae Huchon and Douzery p. 242 |
| 2005 | Thryonomyidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2019 | Thryonomyidae Sallam and Seiffert |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Thryonomyidae Pocock 1922 [cane rat]
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G. †Epiphiomys Lavocat 1973
G. †Kochalia de Bruijn 1986
G. †Neophiomys Coster et al. 2012
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†Neophiomys dawsonae Coster et al. 2015
†Neophiomys minutus Marivaux et al. 2017
†Neophiomys paraphiomyoides Wood 1968
G. †Neosciuromys Stromer 1922
G. †Paraphiomys Andrews 1914
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†Paraphiomys knolli López-Antoñazas and Sen 2005
†Paraphiomys orangeus Mein and Pickford 2003
†Paraphiomys pigotti Andrews 1914
G. †Paraulacodus Hinton 1933
G. †Sacaresia Hugueney and Adrover 1991
G. Thryonomys Fitzinger 1867
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Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 [Lesser cane rat]
Thryonomys harrisoni Thomas and Wroughton 1907
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 [greater cane rat]
Invalid names: Aulacodus Temminck 1827 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available