NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Heteromys
  Subfamily - Heteromyinae
  Family - Heteromyidae
  Suborder - Castorimorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Heteromys anomalus
      Species - Heteromys australis
      Species - Heteromys desmarestianus
      Species - Heteromys gaumeri
      Species - Heteromys goldmani
      Species - Heteromys oresterus
      Species - Heteromys oasicus
      Species - Heteromys teleus
      Species - Heteromys catopterius
      Species - Heteromys nubicolens