Ctenodactylomorphi

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Ctenodactylomorphi
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Ctenodactylus gundi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Ctenodactylomorphi
Chaline and Mein, 1979

Ctenodactylomorphi is an infraorder of the rodent suborder Hystricomorpha that includes two living families, the Ctenodactylidae (gundis) [1] and the Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat). [2]

References

  1. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1536. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. D’Elía, Guillermo; Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Lessa, Enrique P (2019-05-23). "Rodent systematics in an age of discovery: recent advances and prospects" . Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (3): 852–871. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyy179. ISSN   0022-2372.