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Cricetomyinae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae

Taxonomy
Cricetomyidae was named as a family. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Cricetomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Nesomyidae by Steppan et al. (2004).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cricetomyinae Steppan et al. p. 547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyNesomyidae
subfamilyCricetomyinae
subfamilyCricetomyinae

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.

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G. Beamys Thomas 1909
G. Cricetomys Waterhouse 1840 [giant pouched rat]
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Cricetomys emini Wroughton 1910 [Emin's pouched rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available