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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Rodentia (rodents)
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Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)-
Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
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Family Cricetidae (New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives)
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Subfamily Neotominae (deer mice, woodrats, and relatives)
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Genus Baiomys (pygmy mice) -
Genus Habromys (crested-tailed deer mice and slender-tailed deer mice) -
Genus Hodomys (Allen's woodrat)
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Genus Isthmomys (isthmus rats)
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Genus Megadontomys (giant deer mice)
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Genus Nelsonia (Nelson's woodrats)
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Genus Neotoma (packrats and woodrats)
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Genus Neotomodon (Mexican volcano mouse)
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Genus Ochrotomys (golden mouse)
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Genus Onychomys (grasshopper mice)
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Genus Osgoodomys (Michoacan deer mouse)
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Genus Peromyscus (deer mice and white-footed mice)
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Genus Podomys (Florida mouse)
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Genus Reithrodontomys (harvest mice)
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Genus Scotinomys (brown mice)
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Genus Xenomys (Magdalena rat)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
