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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).

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

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusAplodontiaRichardson 1829
speciesrufa(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