Castorimorpha

Castorimorpha; Temporal range: Early Eocene to Recent
	Ord's kangaroo rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Castorimorpha; Wood, 1955
Extant families
	Superfamily Castoroidea: Castoridae; Superfamily Geomyoidea: Heteromyidae; Geomyidae;

Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodents containing the beavers, gophers 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]

Taxonomy

Suborder Castorimorpha
- Superfamily Castoroidea
  - Family †Eutypomyidae
  - Family Castoridae – beavers
  - Family †Rhizospalacidae
- Infraorder Geomorpha
  - Superfamily †Eomyoidea
    - Family †Eomyidae
  - Superfamily Geomyoidea
    - Family †Heliscomyidae
    - Family †Florentiamyidae
    - Family †Entoptychidae
    - Family Geomyidae – pocket gophers
    - Family Heteromyidae – kangaroo rats and mice
- Diplolophidae ^{[citation needed]}
  - Genus †Floresomys
  - Genus †Texomys
  - Genus †Jimomys
  - Genus †Diplolophus
  - Genus †Schizodontomys
  - Genus †Griphomys
  - Genus †Meliakrouniomys

† indicates extinct taxa.

References

Citations

^ 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.

Bibliography

Carleton, M. D. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Order Rodentia. Pp 745–752 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8

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[Doronina_2017-1] 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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v t e Extant families in order Rodentia
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Sciuromorpha ("Squirrel-like")	Aplodontiidae (Mountain beaver) Gliridae (Dormice) Sciuridae (Squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, susliks and prairie dogs)
Castorimorpha ("Beaver-like")	Castoroidea Castoridae (Beavers) Geomyoidea Geomyidae (Pocket gophers) Heteromyidae (Kangaroo rats and mice, pocket mice)
Myomorpha ("Mouse-like")	Dipodoidea Dipodidae (Jerboas, jumping mice and birch mice) Muroidea Platacanthomyidae (Oriental dormice) Spalacidae (Zokors, bamboo rats, mole rats, blind mole rats) Calomyscidae (Mouse-like hamsters) Nesomyidae (Malagasy rats and relatives) Cricetidae (Hamsters and relatives) Muridae (House mouse and relatives)
Anomaluromorpha ("Anomalure-like")	Anomaluridae (Anomalures) Pedetidae (Springhares)
Hystricomorpha ("Porcupine-like")	Ctenodactylidae (Gundis) Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat) Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) Phiomorpha Bathyergidae (Blesmols) Petromuridae (Dassie rat) Thryonomyidae (Cane rats) Caviomorpha (New World hystricognaths) Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Caviidae (Cavies) Cuniculidae (Pacas) Dasyproctidae (Agoutis and acouchis) Dinomyidae (Pacarana) Ctenomyidae (Tuco-tucos) Echimyidae (Spiny rats, coypus, hutias) Octodontidae (Degus and relatives) Abrocomidae (Chinchilla rats) Chinchillidae (Chinchillas and viscachas)

v t e Prehistoric families in order Rodentia
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Sciuromorpha	Allomyidae Mylagaulidae Reithroparamyidae
Castorimorpha	Eutypomyidae Rhizospalacidae Eomyidae Florentiamyidae Heliscomyidae
Myomorpha	Armintomyidae Anomalomyidae Simimyidae
Anomaluromorpha	Parapedetidae
Hystricomorpha	Tamquammyidae Gobiomyidae Yuomyidae Chapattimyidae Tsaganomyidae "Baluchimyinae" Bathyergoididae Myophiomyidae Diamantomyidae Phiomyidae Kenyamyidae Cephalomyidae Eocardiidae Neoepiblemidae Heptaxodontidae
Theridomorpha	See Theridomorpha
incertae sedis	Eurymylidae Alagomyidae Archetypomyidae Cocomyidae Ivanantoniidae Laredomyidae Ischyromyidae Theridomyidae Protoptychidae Zegdoumyidae Sciuravidae Cylindrodontidae Zelomyidae
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