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Chaetomys
Taxonomy
Chaetomys was named by Gray (1843). It is extant. It is the type genus of Chaetomyinae.
It was assigned to Chaetomyinae by Patterson and Wood (1982).
It was assigned to Chaetomyinae by Patterson and Wood (1982).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Chaetomys Gray p. 21 |
| 1982 | Chaetomys Patterson and Wood |
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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.
G. Chaetomys Gray 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available