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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 Sigmodontinae (South American rats and mice)
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Genus Neusticomys (fish-eating rats)-
Species Neusticomys monticolus (montane fish-eating rat)
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Species Neusticomys mussoi (Musso's fish-eating rat) -
Species Neusticomys oyapocki (Oyapock's fish-eating rat)
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Species Neusticomys peruviensis (Peruvian fish-eating rat)
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Species Neusticomys venezuelae (Venezuelan fish-eating 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.
