Taxonomy Profile: Ctenodactylidae (Gervais 1853)

Ctenodactylidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Gundis []
Comb Rats []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Ctenodactylidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Ctenodactylomorphi
Family : Ctenodactylidae
Gundis |
Comb Rats |
Ctenodactylidae Direct Children(s):
Ctenodactylus
(Gray 1830)
Felovia
(Lataste 1886)
Massoutiera
(Lataste 1885)
Pectinator
(Blyth 1856)
Ctenodactylidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Ctenodactylidae
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Ctenodactylidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Ctenodactylidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McKenna, Malcolm C., and Susan K. Bell
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-01-01 / 1997-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Classification of mammals above the species level
Page(s):
631
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-231-11012-X/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenodactylidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Carleton, Michael D., and Guy G. Musser / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Rodentia
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
745-752
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenodactylidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Dieterlen, Fritz / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Ctenodactylidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1536-1537
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenodactylidae
Ctenodactylidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ctenodactylidae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Reviewed by W. George (1979a). The phylogenetic position of the Ctenodactylidae has traditionally been uncertain, being either grouped with the Hystricognathi or considered a quite separate and early offshoot of the rodent stem (Hartenberger, 1985). According to Luckett (1985), Bugge (1985), and George (1985), ctenodactylids are an early offshoot of the hystricognathous rodents. Beintema et al. (1991), stating that no molecular data were available, investigated tissues, blood, and proteins ...