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Ondatrini

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Ondatrina was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.

It was corrected as Ondatrini by Galewski et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Muridae by Gray (1825); and to Arvicolinae by Galewski et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Ondatrina Gray p. 341
2006Ondatrini Galewski et al.

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeOndatrini()
tribeOndatrini()

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.

Tr. Ondatrini Gray 1825
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G. Ondatra Link 1795 [muskrat]
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†Ondatra annectens Brown 1908
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Invalid names: Fiber oregonus Hollister 1911 [synonym], Ondatra kansasensis Hibbard 1944 [synonym]
†Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933
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Invalid names: Anaptogonia cloacina Cope 1896 [synonym], Arvicola hiatidens Cope 1871 [synonym]
†Ondatra meadensis Hibbard 1937
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Invalid names: Neondatra kansasensis Hibbard 1937 [synonym]
†Ondatra minor Kretzoi 1955
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 [muskrat]
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Invalid names: Fiber nebrascensis Hollister 1911 [synonym], Ondatra triradicatus Starrett 1956 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anaptogonia Cope 1899 [synonym], Neondatra Hibbard 1937 [synonym], Pliopotamys Hibbard 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (178 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Idaho) Pliopotamys minor (189134)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) Ondatra sp. (19965)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Pliopotamys minor (20119)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Pliopotamys minor (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Ondatra idahoensis (19964) Ondatra sp. (19954 19956) Pliopotamys meadensis (19955 19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Ondatra idahoensis (19769 19771 19773 19774 19775 19777 19780 19783 19786 19789 19790 19795 19798 19912 19915 19916) Ondatra sp. (19919) Pliopotamys idahoensis (19910 19911 19913) Pliopotamys minor (19815 19817 19819 19889 19903 19904 19905 19906 19908 19917 93106)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Ondatra idahoensis (19646 19658) Pliopotamys meadensis (19618) Pliopotamys sp. (19654)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Ondatra idahoensis (19942 19943 19944 19945 19951) Pliopotamys meadensis (19929 19930)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Wyoming) Pliopotamys meadensis (20065)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Pliopotamys sp. (19970)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (Idaho) Ondatra sp. (20430)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (California) Ondatra sp. (20298)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Arizona) Ondatrini indet. (232693)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Ondatra idahoensis (19927)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Ondatra idahoensis (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Ondatra idahoensis (206956)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Ondatra idahoensis (98313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Ondatra zibethica (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ondatra zibethicus (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Ondatra zibethicus (74246)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ondatra annectens (123875) Ondatra annectens, Ondatra zibethicus (124319)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Ondatra annectens (20286 20554) Ondatra sp. (20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Ondatra idahoensis (20341)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Ondatra annectens (20293 20301 20352 20391 20562) Ondatra nebrascensis (20142 20332 20390) Ondatra sp. (20567) Ondatra zibethicus (20312 20422 20423 20424)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Ondatra annectens (20475) Ondatra idahoensis (20308 20385) Ondatra sp. (20478) Ondatra zibethicus (20520)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Ondatra zibethicus (20434)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Ondatra sp. (20410 20477)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Ondatra annectens (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Ondatra nebrascensis (20309) Ondatra triradicatus (20157)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) Ondatra sp. (20556)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Anaptogonia cloacina, Anaptogonia hiatidens (20479) Ondatra hiatidens (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Ondatra annectens (20163 20306 20342 20413 20451 20560) Ondatra hiatidens (20337) Ondatra zibethicus (20318)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nevada) Ondatra idahoensis (20012)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Ondatra annectens (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Ondatra idahoensis (20124 20319 28223)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Ondatra annectens (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Ondatra annectens (20523) Ondatra nebrascensis (20143 20154 20347 20348 20375 20376 20500 20501)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Ondatra zibethicus (20492)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Ondatra annectens (20369)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Nevada) Ondatra zibethicus (223356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Ondatra zibethica (200325 200485 200623 200627) Ondatra zibethicus (63150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Ondatra zibethicus (206987)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Ondatra zibethicus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Ondatra zibethicus (20602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nebraska) Ondatra zibethicus (93179)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Ondatra zibethicus (20635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ondatra zibethicus (93143 93259)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Ondatra zibethicus (74145)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Ondatra zibethicus (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Ondatra xibethicus (162132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Ondatra zibethicus (93182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Ondatra zibethicus (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ondatra annectens, Ondatra zibethicus (123868) Ondatra zibethicus (124198 124199) Ondatra ziebethicus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Ondatra zibethicus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Ondatra zibethicus (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ondatra zibethica (154773) Ondatra zibethicus (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Ondatra sp. (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Ondatra sp. (82996) Ondatra zibethicus (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Fiber oregonus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ondatra zibethicus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Ondatra sp. (103358 104664) Ondatra zibethicus (82258 103991 104697 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Ondatra zibethicus (63562)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ondatra zibethicus (20647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Ondatra zibethicus (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Ondatra sp. (104044) Ondatra zibethicus (104034 104689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Ondatra zibethicus (63566)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Ondatra zibethicus (220460)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Ondatra zibethicus (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Ondatra zibethicus (195062 195066 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Ondatra zibethicus (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Ondatra zibethicus (221970 224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (104671 104675 104707)