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Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodents containing the beavers and the kangaroo rats. A 2017 study using retroposon markers indicated that they are most closely related to the Anomaluromorpha (the scaly-tailed squirrels and the springhare) and Myomorpha (mouse-like rodents).[1]

Castorimorpha

Temporal range: Early Eocene to Recent

Ord's kangaroo rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Wood, 1955
Extant families

Superfamily Castoroidea:

Superfamily Geomyoidea:

Taxonomy

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† indicates extinct taxa.

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Citations

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  1. ^ Doronina, Liliya; Matzke, Andreas; Churakov, Gennady; Stoll, Monika; Huge, Andreas; Schmitz, Jürgen (3 March 2017). "The beaver's phylogenetic lineage illuminated by retroposon reads". Scientific Reports. 7 (1). doi:10.1038/srep43562. PMC 5335264.

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    Last edited on 25 February 2024, at 12:48  





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    This page was last edited on 25 February 2024, at 12:48 (UTC).

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