After Guiomar Vucetich & Kramarz, 2003, with details from McKenna & Bell, 1997 and species from Nowak, 1991
Alternative phylogeny after McKenna & Bell, 1997
<==o Octodontidae Waterhouse, 1839 sensu Mckenna & Bell, 1997 [taxonomic history] (torvimyyrät, kampamyyrät) |?- †Phthoramys Ameghino, 1887 [†Phloromys Lydekker, 1888 (lapsus calami)] U.Mioc.-L.Plioc. SA. |?- †Tarijamys Takai, Arozqueta, Mizuno, Yoshida & Kondo, 1984; M.Pleist. SA. |--o †Platypittamys A.E. Wood, 1949; U.Olig. SA. [Octodontidae: Acremyinae sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] | `-- †P. brachyodon `--+--o †Acaremyidae Ameghino, 1902 sensu Guiomar Vucetich & Kramarz, 2003 [taxonomic history] | |--o †Galileomys Guiomar Vucetich & Kramarz, 2003 | | |?- †G.? colloncurensis Guiomar Vucetich & Kramarz, 2003 | | `-- †G. antelucanus Guiomar Vucetich & Kramarz, 2003 | `--+-- †Sciamys Ameghino, 1887 | `--o †Acaremys Ameghino, 1887; L.Mioc. SA. | |-- †A. murinus Ameghino, 1887; L.Mioc. SA. | `-- †A. tricarinatus `--+-- †Deseadomys arambourgi [Echimyidae: †Adelphomyinae] `--+--o †Migraveramys Patterson & A.E. Wood, 1982; U.Olig. SA. [Octodontidae: Acremyinae sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] | `-- †M. beatus `--+-- †Protacaremys Ameghino, 1902 [Archaeocardia, Eoctodon, "Palaeocardia"] [Echimyidae: Heteropsomyinae] `--+-- †Massoiamys Vucetich, 1978; M.Mioc. SA. [Octodontidae: Acremyinae sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] |-- †Stichomys [Echimyidae: †Adelphomyinae] |-- †Eumysops Ameghino, 1888 [Proaguti] [Echimyidae: Heteropsomyinae] `--+-- †Chasicomys Pascual, 1967 [Chasiquimys (lapsus calami)] U.Mioc. SA. `--o Octodontinae Waterhouse, 1839 [Octodontidae sensu Guiomar Vucetich & Kramarz, 2003] [taxonomic history] (torvimyyrät) |-- †Chasicomys |--o Octodontini Waterhouse, 1839 [taxonomic history] (torvimyyrät) | |-- †Paradoxomys Ameghino, 1885; U.Mioc. SA. [also treated as erethizontid] | |--o Pithanotomys Ameghino, 1887 [taxonomic history] L.Plioc.-L.Pleist. R. SA. | | |-- †P. cordubensis | | |-- P. fuscus (Waterhouse, 1841) | | `-- P. sagei | |-- †Abalosia castellanosi Reig & Quintana, 1991; U.Plioc. SA. | |--o Octodon Bennett, 1832 [Dendroleius Meyen, 1833; Dendrobius Meyen, 1833 (lapsus calami)]; R. SA. (degus, torvimyytät) | | |-- O. bridgesi Waterhouse, 1845 (chilendegu) | | |-- O. degus (Molina, 1782) (degu, torvimyyrä) | | |-- O. lunatus Osgood, 1943 (Degu['] de la Costa) | | `-- O. pacificus Hutterer, 1994 | |-- Tympanoctomys barrerae Yepes, 1941; R. SA. (viskatsarotta) | |-- Spalacopus cyanus Wagler, 1832 [Psammoryctes Poeppig, 1835] [incl.? Poephagomys F. Cuvier, 1834] R. SA. (coruro; koruro) | |-- Octodontomys gliroides Palmer, 1903 [Neoctodon Thomas, 1902] (chozchori, soco; tsostsos) | `-- Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920 R. SA. (Viscacha Rat, Rata Cola Peluda) `--o Ctenomyini Lesson, 1842 [taxonomic history] (kampamyyrät) |-- †Palaeoctodon Rovereto, 1914 [incl. †Proctenomys Pascual, Pisano & Ortega, 1965] U.Mioc.-L.Plioc. SA. |-- †Xenodontomys Kraglievich, 1927; L.Plioc. SA. |-- †Eucoelophorus Ameghino, 1909 emend. Rovereto, 1914 [†Eucelophorus Ameghino, 1909] |-- Ctenomys de Blainville, 1826 [†Dicoelophorus Ameghino, 1888] [incl. †Paractenomys Ameghino, 1908; Ctenomys (Haptomys) Thomas, 1916; Ctenomys (Chacomys) Osgood, 1946] (Tucutucus; tukutukut) [38] |-- †Praectenomys Villarroel, 1975; U.Plioc. SA |-- †Actenomys Burmeister, 1888 [non †Dicoelophorus Ameghino, 1888 = Ctenomys de Blainville, 1826] L.Plioc. SA `-- †Megactenomys Rusconi, 1930; U.Plioc. SA. Octodontidae incertae sedis: †Eoctodon †Pseudoplataeomys Aconaemys A. fuscus (Rock Rat, Rata de los Pinares, Tunduco) A. sagei (Neuque[']n Rock Rat)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Guiomar Vucetich, M. & Kramarz, A. G., 2003: New Miocene rodents from Patagonia (Argentina) and their bearing on the early radiation of the octodontoids (Hystricognathi).
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #2, pp. 435-444 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629