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Cuniculidae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cuniculidae

Taxonomy
Cuniculidae was named by Miller and Gidley (1918). It is extant. Its type is Cuniculus.

It was assigned to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958); and to Cavioidea by Upham and Patterson (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Cuniculidae Miller and Gidley
1958Cuniculidae Wood p. 172
2015Cuniculidae Upham and Patterson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Sarcopterygii
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda()
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—Batrachosauria()
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Synapsida()
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
subclassTribosphenida()
infraclassEutheria()
—Placentalia
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Glires()
orderRodentia
suborderHystricomorpha
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCuniculidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
familyCuniculidaeMiller and Gidley 1918

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available