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Ondatra idahoensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Ondatra idahoensis was named by Wilson (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackass Butte (USGS 20764), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Idaho.

It was recombined as Pliopotamys idahoensis by Hibbard (1941) and Shotwell (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Ondatra zibethicus by Martin (1993).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Arvicola hiatidens Cope
1896Anaptogonia cloacina Cope p. 380
1896Microtus hiatidens Miller
1899Anaptogonia cloacina Cope
1899Anaptogonia hiatidens Cope
1899Sycium cloacinum Cope
1902Anaptogonia cloacina Hay p. 728
1902Anaptogonia hiatidens Hay p. 728
1933Ondatra idahoensis Wilson
1941Pliopotamys idahoensis Hibbard
1947Ondatra hiatidens Hibbard
1955Ondatra hiatidens Hibbard
1970Pliopotamys idahoensis Shotwell
1976Ondatra hiatidens Miller
1980Ondatra idahoensis Kurten and Anderson p. 265
1980Ondatra hiatidens Kurten and Anderson p. 266
1993Ondatra idahoensis Martin
1995Ondatra idahoensis Repenning et al.
1996Ondatra idahoensis Martin
2019Ondatra idahoensis Albright et al. p. 159

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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()
genusOndatraLink 1795
speciesidahoensis

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.

Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933
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Invalid names: Anaptogonia cloacina Cope 1896 [synonym], Arvicola hiatidens Cope 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available