Castorimorpha
Encyclopedia
Castorimorpha is the suborder of rodent
s containing the beaver
s, the pocket gopher
s, and the kangaroo rats and mice
.
† indicates extinct taxa.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
s containing the beaver
Beaver
The beaver is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, North American Beaver and Eurasian Beaver . Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges . They are the second-largest rodent in the world...
s, the pocket gopher
Pocket gopher
The pocket gophers are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. These are the "true" gophers, though several ground squirrels of the family Sciuridae are often called gophers as well...
s, and the kangaroo rats and mice
Heteromyidae
The family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and rock pocket mice is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and...
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Taxonomy
- Suborder Castorimorpha
- Superfamily Castoroidea
- Family †EutypomyidaeEutypomyidaeEutypomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia thought to be related to modern beavers....
- Family CastoridaeCastoridaeThe family Castoridae contains the two living species of beaver and their fossil relatives. This was once a highly diverse group of rodents, but is now restricted to a single genus, Castor.- Characteristics :...
- beavers - Family †Rhizospalacidae
- Family †Eutypomyidae
- Infraorder Geomorpha
- Genus †Griphomys - incertae sedisIncertae sedis, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
- Genus †Meliakrouniomys - incertae sedis
- Superfamily †Eomyoidea
- Family †EomyidaeEomyidaeEomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia related to modern day pocket gophers and kangaroo rats. The family includes the earliest known gliding rodent, Eomys -References:...
- Family †Eomyidae
- Superfamily GeomyoideaGeomyoideaGeomyoidea is a superfamily of rodent that contains the pocket gophers , the kangaroo rats and mice , and their fossil relatives.-Characteristics:...
- Genus †Floresomys - incertae sedis
- Genus †Texomys - incertae sedis
- Genus †Jimomys - incertae sedis
- Genus †Heliscomys - incertae sedis
- Family †Florentiamyidae
- Genus †Diplolophus - incertae sedis
- Genus †Schizodontomys - incertae sedis
- Family †Entoptychidae
- Family Geomyidae - pocket gophers
- Family HeteromyidaeHeteromyidaeThe family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and rock pocket mice is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and...
- kangaroo rats and mice
- Genus †Griphomys - incertae sedis
- Superfamily Castoroidea
† indicates extinct taxa.