Ondatra

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Ondatra
Species: O. zibethicus

[edit] Name

Ondatra Link, 1795

Type species: Castor zibethicus Linnaeus, 1766

[edit] Synonyms

• Fiber G. Cuvier, 1800
• Moschomys Billberg, 1827
• Mussacus Oken, 1816
• Neondatra Hibbard, 1937
• Pliopotamys Wilson, 1933
• Simotes Fischer, 1817

[edit] References

• Ondatra on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

[edit] Vernacular names