Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839

Current position

Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839

Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1053; Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.

Alternative positions

Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 805.
Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 203.

Historical positions

Hystricognathi (Infraorder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Hystricognathi (Suborder) Tullberg, 1899	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 805; 8.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 203.
Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1053; 1051.
Octodontoidea (Superfamily) Waterhouse, 1839	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 593.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; †9g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Feb 2022	[1g;1s; †9g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	1g;1s
1993	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 8	1g;1s
1993	C.A. Woods	1g;1s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g;1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s