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Monotypic taxon: Genus "Ondatra" Link, 1795, nom. nud. - muskrat (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Cricetidae

Subsequent positions

Ondatrini (Tribe) Gray, 1825

Current position

Ondatrini (Tribe) Gray, 1825

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 153.

Alternative positions

*Arvicolinae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 532.
*Microtini* (Tribe) (Miller, 1896) Simpson, 1945	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 587.

Historical positions

*Ondatrini* (Tribe) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 153-154.
*Arvicolinae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 532.
*Arvicolinae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 169.
*Microtini* (Tribe) (Miller, 1896) Simpson, 1945	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 587.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
1993	G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]

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