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Lagostominae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

Taxonomy
Lagostominae was named by Wiegmann (1832). It is extant. Its type is Lagostomus.

It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Croft et al. (2016), Rasia and Candela (2017) and Rasia and Candela (2019).

Subtaxa
Lagostomus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Lagostominae Wiegmann
2016Lagostominae Croft et al.
2017Lagostominae Rasia and Candela p. 54
2019Lagostominae Rasia and Candela p. 74

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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
RankNameAuthor
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
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
familyChinchillidaeBennett 1833
subfamilyLagostominaeWiegmann 1832
subfamilyLagostominaeWiegmann 1832

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.

Subfm. Lagostominae Wiegmann 1832
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G. Lagostomus Brookes 1828 [viscacha]
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Subg. †Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich 1926
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Invalid names: Lagostomus spicatus Ameghino 1888 [synonym]
Lagostomus angustidens Moreno 1888
Lagostomus antiquus Ameghino 1883
Lagostomus cavifrons Ameghino 1889
Lagostomus compressidens Ameghino 1908
Lagostomus debilis Ameghino 1889
Lagostomus euplasius Ameghino 1908
Lagostomus heterogenidens Ameghino 1889
Lagostomus intermedius Moreno 1888
Lagostomus laminosus Ameghino 1891
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 [plains viscacha]
Lagostomus minimus Ameghino 1889
Lagostomus pretrichodactyla Rovereto 1914
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Invalid names: Viscaccia angulata Rovereto 1914 [synonym], Viscaccia insolita Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
Lagostomus telenkechanum Rasia and Candela 2017
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Invalid names: Callomys viscaccia d'Orbigny and Geoffroy 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available