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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).
It was assigned to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958); and to Cavioidea by Upham and Patterson (2015).
Subtaxa
Cuniculus (syn. Agouti, Osteopera) (type genus)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1918 | Cuniculidae Miller and Gidley |
1958 | Cuniculidae Wood p. 172 |
2015 | Cuniculidae Upham and Patterson |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available