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Reithrodon (bunny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Reithrodon was named by Waterhouse (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Rovereto (1914) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Reithrodontini by D'Elía (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Reithrodon Waterhouse
1908Proreithrodon Ameghino p. 424
1914Reithrodon Rovereto p. 187
1997Reithrodon McKenna and Bell
2003Reithrodon D'Elía p. 316

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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
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
Oryzomyalia
tribeReithrodontini
genusReithrodonWaterhouse 1837

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. Reithrodon Waterhouse 1837 [bunny rat]
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Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 [bunny rat]
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Invalid names: Proreithrodon chapalmalense Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Proreithrodon incipens Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
Reithrodon chapalmalense Ameghino 1908
Invalid names: Proreithrodon Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available