NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Aplodontia
  Family - Aplodontiidae
  Suborder - Sciuromorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Aplodontia rufa rufa
      Subspecies - Aplodontia rufa nigra
      Subspecies - Aplodontia rufa californica
      Subspecies - Aplodontia rufa humboldtiana
      Subspecies - Aplodontia rufa pacifica
      Subspecies - Aplodontia rufa phaea
      Subspecies - Aplodontia rufa rainieri