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Aplodontia rufa (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy

Anisonyx rufa was named by Rafinesque (1817). It is extant.

It was recombined as Aplodontia rufa by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carraway and Verts (1990).

Subspecies

Aplodontia major fossilis

Synonyms

Aplodontia major was named by Merriam (1886). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aplodontia rufa by Carraway and Verts (1990).
Aplodontia leporina was named by Richardson (1829). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aplodontia rufa by Carraway and Verts (1990).
Aplodontia olympica was named by Merriam (1899). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aplodontia major by Carraway and Verts (1990).
Aplodontia pacifica was named by Merriam (1899). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aplodontia rufa by Carraway and Verts (1990).
Aplodontia phaea was named by Merriam (1899). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aplodontia rufa by Carraway and Verts (1990).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1817	Anisonyx rufa Rafinesque
1829	Aplodontia leporina Richardson
1886	Aplodontia major Merriam p. 316
1899	Aplodontia olympica Merriam
1899	Aplodontia pacifica Merriam
1899	Aplodontia phaea Merriam
1980	Aplodontia rufa Kurten and Anderson p. 209
1990	Aplodontia rufa Carraway and Verts p. 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
superfamily	Sciuroidea
family	Aplodontidae	Brandt 1855
genus	Aplodontia	Richardson 1829
species	rufa	(Rafinesque 1817)

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.

Aplodontia rufa Rafinesque 1817 [mountain beaver]

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Invalid names: Aplodontia leporina Richardson 1829 [synonym], Aplodontia major Merriam 1886 [synonym], Aplodontia pacifica Merriam 1899 [synonym], Aplodontia phaea Merriam 1899 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

semifossorialg

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2011-05-12 18:09:17

Modified:

2012-05-14 21:36:43

Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Nowak 1991

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Aplodontia major (93250) Aplodontia rufa (225801) Aplodontia rufa, Aplodontia major (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Aplodontia major (155393)