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Ondatra minor

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Dolomys minor was named by Kretzoi (1955) [originally named as O. idahoensis minor by R Wilson 1933; moved with that species to Pliopotamys by Hibbard 1941b].

It was synonymized subjectively with Pliopotamys idahoensis by Hibbard (1956) and Hibbard (1957); it was recombined as Pliopotamys minor by Hibbard (1959), Zakrzewski (1969), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Martin (1993); it was synonymized subjectively with Ondatra zibethicus by Martin (1993); it was recombined as Ondatra minor by Martin (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Dolomys minor Kretzoi
1959Pliopotamys minor Hibbard
1969Pliopotamys minor Zakrzewski
1980Pliopotamys minor Kurten and Anderson p. 265
1993Pliopotamys minor Martin
1996Ondatra minor Martin

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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
speciesminor(Kretzoi 1955)

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 minor Kretzoi 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available