Castorimorpha Temporal range: Early Eocene to Recent | |
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Ord's kangaroo rat | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Castorimorpha Wood, 1955 |
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Superfamily Castoroidea: Superfamily Geomyoidea: |
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]
† indicates extinct taxa.
Extant families in order Rodentia
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Sciuromorpha ("Squirrel-like") |
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Castorimorpha ("Beaver-like") |
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Myomorpha ("Mouse-like") |
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Anomaluromorpha ("Anomalure-like") |
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Hystricomorpha ("Porcupine-like") |
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Prehistoric families in order Rodentia
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Sciuromorpha |
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Castorimorpha |
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Myomorpha |
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Anomaluromorpha |
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Hystricomorpha |
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incertae sedis |
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See also: Category |
Castorimorpha |
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