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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).

Subtaxa

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
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.

Fm. Cuniculidae Miller and Gidley 1918
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G. Cuniculus Brisson 1762
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Cuniculus paca Linnaeus 1766 [lowland paca]
Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann 1885 [mountain paca]
Invalid names: Agouti Lacépède 1799 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available