After Rensberger, 1981 and McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Aplodontidae Brandt, 1855 [nom. correct. Trouessart, 1897 pro Haplodontiidae Brandt, 1855] [Haplodontini Brandt, 1855; Haploodontidae Lilljeborg, 1866; Haplodontidae Alston, 1876; Aplodontiidae Thomas, 1897; Aplodontidae Trouessart, 1897] [incl. Meniscomyinae Rensberger, 1981; Ansomyinae Qiu, 1987] (vuorimajavat) |?- †Eohaplomys |?- †Oligopetes |?- †Pseudaplodon |?- †Selenomys |?- †Wellelodon `--+--o †Meniscomyinae Rensberger, 1981 [?] | |?- †Sewelleladon | |-- †Promeniscomys Wang, 1987; U.Olig. As. | |?- †Horatiomys montanus Wood, 1935 [=? Niglarodon (McKenna & Bell, 1997)] | `--+-- †Meniscomys Cope, 1878 [Protogaulus Riggs, 1899] U.Olig. NA. | `--o †Niglarodon Black, 1961 [?incl. Horatiomys Wood, 1935 (nomen dubium)] U.Olig.-L.Mioc. NA. | |--+-- †N. koerneri Black, 1961 | | `-- †N. progressus Rensberger, 1981 | `--+--+-- †N. sp. | | `-- †N. blacki Rensberger, 1981 | `--+-- †N. yeariani | `--+-- †N. petersonensis | `-- †N. loneyi Rensberger, 1981 `--+?- †Entoptychinae Miller & Gidley, 1918 [McKenna & Bell, 1997 treated this taxon as Geomyids] `--o Aplodontinae Brandt, 1855 (vuorimajavat) |?- †Ansomys Qiu, 1987 [Ansomyinae Qiu, 1987] M.Mioc. As. |?- †Liodontia Miller & Gidley, 1918; M.Mioc.-L.Plioc. NA. |?- †Tardontia Shotwell, 1958; M.-U.Mioc. NA. |?- †Pseudaplodon Miller, 1927; U.Mioc. As. NA. |?- †Tschalimys Shevyreva, 1971; U.Mioc. As. `--o Aplodontia Richardson, 1829; U.Pleist.-R. NA. `--o A. rufa (Rafinesque, 1817) (Sewellel, mountain beaver; vuorimajava) |-- A. r. californica (Peters, 1864) |-- A. r. humboldtiana Taylor, 1916 |-- A. r. nigra Taylor, 1914 |-- A. r. pacifica Merriam, 1899 |-- A. r. phaea Merriam, 1899 |-- A. r. rainieri Merriam, 1899 `-- A. r. rufa (Rafinesque, 1817)
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