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Pectinator spekei (Speke's gundi)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Taxonomy
Pectinator spekei was named by Blyth (1856). It is extant. It is the type species of Pectinator.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pectinator spekei Blyth p. 294
1871Pectinator spekii Peters p. 397

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
superfamilyCtenodactyloidea
familyCtenodactylidaeGervais 1853
genusPectinatorBlyth 1856
speciesspekeiBlyth 1856

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.

Pectinator spekei Blyth 1856 [Speke's gundi]
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Diagnosis
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