Myocastorini

Myocastor coypus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Echimyinae
Tribus: Myocastorini
Genus (5 + †6): Callistomys – †Eumysops – †Haplostropha – Hoplomys – Myocastor – †Paramyocastor – Proechimys – †Strophostephanos – Thrichomys – †Tribodon – †Ullumys

Name

Myocastorini Ameghino, 1902

• Type genus: Myocastor Kerr, 1792

Synonymy

• Myocastoridae Ameghino, 1902: 114 [original rank, as familia]
  • Type genus: Myocastor Kerr, 1792
• Eumysopidae Rusconi, 1935: 2 [original rank, as familia]
  • Type genus: Eumysops Ameghino, 1888
• Myocastorinae: Patterson & Pascual, 1968: 6 [subsequent rank, reduced to subfamilia]
• Eumysopinae: Patton & Reig, 1989: 76 [subsequent rank, reduced to subfamilia]
• Myocastorini: Fabre, Upham, Emmons, Justy, Leite, Loss, Orlando, Tilak, Patterson & Douzery, 2017: 629 [subsequent rank, reduced to tribus]

References

Additional references

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